By LESLIE ROBERTS
Times News Editor
Tony [Iunter had a love
affair.with life.
Learning that his was
ending didn't change that.
If anything, it stoked his
passion for people, his
admiration of alligators,
and his appreciation of both Tony Hunter
the awe-inspiring and the absurd.
Born Jan. 23, 1953 in Tallahassee, Ronald
Anthony Hunter was the second-oldest of
Ronald C. and Hedy M. Hunter's four sons and
See HUNTER on Page 2

Gadsden officials kick off Community Fun Day

Event at St. John Park marks celebration of Parks and Recreation Month

The Gadsden County Board of
County Commissioners are celebrating
the completed improvements to St.
John Park with a dedication ceremony
and community-wide day of fun
Saturday. The event, which also
recognizes parks and *recreation

month,- will. include a basketball
shootout, food and a host of activities
for the family.
SIn July 2005, the Florida Legislature
funded the park renovations with a
$144,800 grant. The grant aided in
refurbishing two basketball courts,

replacing backboards, building a
pavilion, adding picnic tables, park
benches, walking trails and installing
state-of-the art playground equipment.
St. John Park is the second in the
county to undergo extensive
improvements.

A mighty wind

Monday afternoon's storm that. blew through Quincy left Doris Bryant's home on Malcolm Street in a mess. Bryant
said she was in her back bedroom putting away some items w hen she heard a loud crash. When she looked up, the
ceiling was caving in and all she could see was the trunk of a tree and the sky. Bryant said the only thing she could
think to do at the time was put her hand up to prevent the ceiling from falling on her head. The ordeal frightened
Bryant who said she was shaken ip but otherwise unhurt. Tree removal experts were out Tuesday morning trying to
find the best way to remove the tree, which also crushed Bryant's car, without doing further damage to the home.
(Photo by Alice DuPont)

The events kick off Saturday, July 14
at 10 a.m., and run until 3 p.m. at St.
John Park at Hutchinson Ferry Road
and *M &. M Lane. for, more
information, contact Charles
Chapman, Assistant to the County
Manager at (850) 875-8650.

City

manager

comes

under

fire

Commissioner
questions 'style'

'by ALICE DU PONT
Times Editor
Sherrie Taylor, the Quincy City
Commissioner who just months
ago came to the defense of City
Manager Bill Bogan at almost
every opportunity, has evidently
had a change of heart in her
loyalties.
"I have tiajor concerns with the
style ..of management of this
'manager," she said. Earlier in the
meeting Bogan had distributed a
financial statement through
'March of 2007 detailing the
financial status of the city.,
"When you give me a report
like this, you don't want me to
understand it. I'm not an
accountant," Taylor said, holding
up the report.
She also said the .commission.
had "stumbled" on problems in
Netquincy and .with WQTN
(Channel 13) during the course of
the meeting. Those things,
according to Taylor, should have
been brought to the
commissioners' attention by; the
manager. Taylor said that Bogan
was "putting her out of business"
and that she was concerned.
Two weeks ago, when Taylor
questioned why ,no energy
providers, other than :Progress
Energy, bid to provide electricity
See CITY on Page 6

Gadsden drought status upgraded, but effects may worsen yet

By LESLIE ROBERTS
Times News Editor
The good news is, Gadsden
" County has been upgraded from
an extreme drought condition to

severe.
The bad news is, farmers,
landscape companies and private
well-owners may feel the effects
of the drought more intensely if
the drought continues on for

several months as predicted by
meteorologists.:
"Farmers and landscape
companies that grow landscape
plants rely mostly on surface
water," said Nick Wooten,

surface water bureau chief for the
North Florida Water
Management District. "In
Gadsden County, the main source
of surface water is farm ponds
and Telogia Creek. If the drought

continues, the stream may get too
low for additional pumping."
The Water Management
District issued a water shortage
warning June 5 urging water
users from western Jefferson to

Escambia counties to voluntarily
reduce water use.
Fifteen months of below normal
rainfall resulted in low surface
water levels in the area with a
See DROUGHT on Page 3

one daughter.
His father was a fireman for the
City of Tallahassee for a number
of years; his mother developed
cancer when he was 5. Hunter
and his qlder brother; assumed
many .'..f the household d duties
while his father worked three jobs:
to support the-family.,
Hunter's mother recovered
enough to work again, and the
family moved to Naples to start a
new life. It was there that Hunter's
father made a splash in the world
of real estate and his son later
made a splash of another kind:
trapping alligators.
Hunter tried following his
father's footsteps at first; that, he
said, was infinitely more
treacherous than trapping
alligators.
"I was in the real estate business,
but that got too dangerous," he
said in an April interview with the
Gadsden County Times. "I burned
out. You knew they were gonna
get you, you just didn't know how.
With alligators, you know what
their intentions are."
Hunter becaine a nuisance
alligator trapper for the Florida
Wildlife Conservation
Commission in Naples, moving to
Monticello in the early '80s to do
the same work again as an
independent contractor, with no
benefits or retirement plan and
finally moved to Gadsden County
in 1995, where he continued to
work as an alligator trapper until
illness after illness sank its teeth
into him..
Alligator hunting, he wrote in a
draft of the autobiography he
worked on for years, is a world
"so full of humor, excitement,
amazement and sometimes pure
terror."
Not that he'd ever dream of
giving it up.
Guess again.
"Yes, I guess I have lived a life
of adventure and excitement and
should be extremely happy for
that. I will tell you it has also been
filled with tragedy, disaster, pain

and suffering just like the rest of
you. And God above knows the
financial strain of trying to keep
working at something you love
even though you know you will
never be -rich in the, monetary
sense. But you know what? If you
Sgo to a job every single'day that
you at least mostly enjoy, you will
have more wealth than your
wildest dreams in the emotional
contentment way. That has a
direct bearing on your family and
friends as well so in that I guess I
just may be at least one of the
wealthiest, if not' the wealthiest,
men in the world!"
Hunter and his first wife,
Sharon, had three children: Curt,
who now lives in Sarasota, Mike,
who recently took over his father's
alligator trapping contract with the
state after his dad could no longer
work, and Danielle, who now
lives in Crawfordville.
When Hunter's wife, Sharon,
developed breast cancer at age 37
and died in 1992, it was
devastating for the entire family.
"I have lived through the joys of
my children coming into this
world as well as the devastation of
my chosen life partner dying,
much too young, in my own arms
with that picture forever engraved
upon my soul. Extremes. They are
what make life interesting."
Extremes he's seen a few. A
man at home in the swamps of
Florida, equally at ease collecting
orchids Umbells, Cigar Orchids,
Onion Orchids, Phantom Orchids,
Ghost Orchids and the, rare
Inopsis as he was scouting out
an alligator hole, plunging a pole
with a hook attached into the
water to agitate an alligator
enough to show itself, shooting
said alligator then waiting,
sometimes for hours, for the
alligator's nerve system to shut
down so that its thrashing and
Biting didn't kill him, dead though
it may have been.
It was in Gadsden County .that
Hunter fell in love again. But the.
year he and. his wife, Anna,

Tony Hunter touches the snout of an alligator he trapped for the Florida Wildlife Conservation
Commission. Hunter kept the nuisance alligators he trapped in a concrete pond behind his
house until they could be placed elsewhere. The veteran alligator trapper died of cancer July 2.

(Photo submitted)
married, was the year his body
turned on him like an angry
alligator sow whose nest has been
disturbed.
After suffering a heart attack in
,2005, he was diagnosed with lung
cancer in March of 2006. Doctors
told him it was terminal.
He believed otherwise. And
there was no talking Tony Hunter
out of a fight he intended to win.
Doctors were able to treat the
lung cancer effectively but doctors
soon after found three tumors on
his brain and one on his adrenal
,gland. Hunter re-entered the
murky world of chemo and
radiation, tiredness, nausea and
fatigue.
With the support and
encouragement of his wife and
family and friends, he won that
battle too.
Then earlier this year, doctors
gave him the news the cancer had

spread to his liver.
They gave him two to 12 months
to live.
He fought it like the gentle
warrior he was for four months.
He lost the battle July 2.
He died at his home in Midway
at 2 p.m. that day, surrounded by
family and friends.
"He was a very direct, honest
man who would give the shirt off
his back," his son Curt said. "In
one of our last conversations, he
shared with me that we share a
similar fact that we trust pretty
much everyone we meet until they
prove us wrong. That impressed'
me about him.
"A story comes to mind from my
youth. We were living in Naples,
Fla., at the time and, in the middle
of the night, someone burst in and
ran to the end of the hall, curled in
a ball, and was sobbing and
screaming, "He's going to kill

me!" Back then, no need to lock
up at night. As it turned out, this
woman's husband had soaked
their home and was threatening to
kill both of them. Keep in mind
that we were a family of five, all
three kids under 6 or so.
"Anyway, instead of throwing
her out, my Dad grabbed his
firearm and told my Mom to call
the police. That woman ended up
living with us for quite a while,
just on her word that she needed
help. He has always been that way
and I thank God every day that he
was my Dad and taught me the
values that he knew."
In addition to his three children,
their spouses and his wife, Hunter
leaves a stepdaughter and stepson,
eight grandchildren, his mother,
three brothers, a sister and their
spouses..
Memorial services will be held
at Celebration Baptist Church in

Tallahassee Saturday, July 14 at
noon. Attire will be casual.
Friends and family are invited to
Hunter's Midway home afterward
for what Curt Hunter calls an
"old-fashioned Tony Hunter
celebration."
In lieu of flowers, the family
asks that donations be made to the
Tony Hunter Fund, attention Tim
Bozeman at 127 McCallister
Road, Crawfordville, FL, 32327.
In his final email to family and
friends, Hunter tried to prepare
them for the inevitable.
"Well, I'll make this short and to
the point. I went to the hospital
the past couple of days for some
tests. Seems the little demons are
doing their thing despite all the
poison we have thrown at them:
The docs and us have decided
there really isn't anything else t6
do and at the pace the cancer i
going maybe two-four weeks;
Maybe less.
- "So, we are preparing for the
journey and I am doing fine. I
want all of you to know how
much I love you all and am truly 4
blessed man for all the wonderful
family and friends God has seen
fit to put in my life. I have a
request for you all: Do not grieve
me. I have lived a life very few
have the opportunity to live. :
have been able to come and go at
will and do whatever I wanted at
the drop of a hat. I have wonderful
grandchildren, three terrific
children and a wife sent directly t6
me from God himself. An
incredible number of wonderful
friends who love (me). Can you
think of anything I'm missing? I
can't.
"So I say to you once more, I
love you more than you'll ever
know and am eternally grateful
for all your support; and prayer$
sent to me and my family. Please
don't stop the prayers for the
comfort of my family and friends
who I must leave in this world,
They will need it now most of all:
Tony. Take care. Gatorbum haW
signed off."

Outstanding city of Gretna audit almost ready for

By BRIAN DEKLE
Times staff writer

An outstanding audit for the
city of Gretna will finally be
ready for review soon, Gretia

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commissioners' review

City Manager Jefferson will Public Works Director Williamn
travel to the retreat. Revels to travel to the Florid4
- The commission approved a Rural Water Association annual
request for Jefferson and Gretna conference. :

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GADSDEN LEADERS

EMPOWERING FAITH-BASED

PARTNERSHIPS

Reginald C. James, Superintendent of Schools

And
"Y A"eri

Morris A. Young, Gadsden County Sheriff

Invite

Ministers & Pastors

To a Roundtable Dinner Meeting

Thursday, July 12, 2007

6:30 p.m.

Carter-Parramore Academy

631 South Stewart Street

Please RSVP; call (850) 627-1541 or 627-5011

To better prepare for you, let us know if you will be attending.

Fire station tour

Children in the summer program at First Baptist Church in Quincy walked to the Quincy fire
station last Thursday afternoon. Their program director said the trip served two purposes: it got
them out of the classroom for some fresh air and exercise and students had the opportunity to see fire
trucks up close and talk with firemen. The program serves pre-schoolers through sixth grade. The fire
department welcomes classes and provides tours. Call the department to set up a tour.

.

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The Gadsden County Times July 12,2007 3

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BROWNING from Page 1

little local restaurant, I didn't
expect this but the food is
excellent and, as you can see, I
love good food," Browning said,
breaking the ice with the
audience. "I've never been to
Quincy before but I'm coming
back," he added.
Browning explained his
responsibilities as Secretary of
State starting with what he calls
the serious responsibility of
keeping the State Seal of Florida.

His other duties include
overseeing the Division Library
and Information Services,
Division of Corporations,
Division of Elections, Division
of Public Affairs, Division of
State Archives, and the Division
of Cultural Affairs.
He said that many citizens are
unaware of the economic impact
the various divisions under him
generate. "Tourists who stay for
historical or cultural stays,

average one day longer and he talked about the cuts that
spend an average of 18% more libraries will possibly suffer. "It
money than people who come for will have a huge impact on local
entertainment of leisure visits," libraries," he said.
he said. Sen. Al Lawson also attended
And, according to Browning for the luncheon, saying it was good
every dollar the state spends on to be home. Browning said
historic preservation, there is a Lawson was instrumental in
$10 return. "Over $10 billion appointment as Secretary of State
dollars in personal income, in because of his support the
payrolls and other spinoffs, is Senator gave during his pre-
Sgenerated," he said. appointment hearings befoer the
Browning turned serious when senate.

Midway scheduled

to discuss attendance

of mayor pro tem

By LESLIE ROBERTS
Times News Editor

Midway City Council is
scheduled to discuss the attendance
of Mayor Pro Tem Ella Barber
along with a possible expansion of
City Council chambers and a host
of other items Thursday night
during its regular meeting.
The July 12 meeting begins at 7
p.m.
Barber's attendance was
questioned during the June 7
Council meeting when Midway
resident Wendell Blakely addressed
council members about Barber's
absences. The city charter calls for
the removal of a member who has
more than three unexcused
absences; Blakely's list of Barber's
attendance shows more than three
unexcused absences.
Assistant City Attorney Larry
White said at the time he would
research the issue and report his
findings to council members during
the regular July meeting.
Also on Thursday's agenda are
presentations by the city manager
search committee and Linda Morris
on the city's Crime Watch program.
Under new business, agenda
items include:
Discussion of TRIM workshop
and budget hearing dates.
A request for approval for
interim City Manager Angela

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share with you the information below. While we recognize that we still have a way to go, it is
important to note that we are improving. Please join our efforts to build a brighter future.

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Poole to attend the Tallahassee-
Leon County Chamber of
Commerce annual retreat with the
eight counties and municipalities in
the region to discuss regionalism.
A discussion of the city's public
records requests policy.
A request for approval for
Robert Stout's Renew and
Company's proposed replat of 15
acres of the Monroe Creek II
subdivision.
A request from Trace Landing,
Inc. of Tallahassee, for which
attorney Daniel Manausa is the
registered agent, to rezone two, 5.7
acre-parcels of woodlands, one
north of U.S. 90 and south of
Interstate 10 and the other north or
a residential area and south of I-10.
The request is to rezone the parcels
from residential to interchange
commercial.
A request for approval of a
request from Waldorf Enterprises,
whose principal agent is Carlton
Sheffield, to annex 6.25 acres into
the city.
Salary additives for select city
employees who assumed additional
job duties in the absence of a city
manager.
Growth management
department positions and pay rates.
Sound barriers at Hilltop Park.
Impact fees.
Discussion of closed session
meetings.
Discussion of Eugene Lamb
Park.
Renovation of portable
buildings to house the Growth
Management and Planning and
Zoning Department.

number of monitored sites at or
near record daily low flows.
Tuesday, the Ochlockonee
River was close to a historically
low level, Wooten said, flowing
at 36 cubit feet per second.
The lowest recorded flow for
the river was on Oct. 23, 1954, at
17 cubic feet per second.
According to a July 3 Water
District report, ground water
levels throughout the district are
continuing a downward trend and
the Floridan Aquifer is at or near
record low levels throughout
most of the district.
"We did have a little more rain
in the last few days and in the
last month, but the Floridan
Aquifer takes a long time to react
to rainfall," Wooten said.
"Ground water levels are still
slowly declining. Private well
owners, depending on the depth
of their wells, could potentially
have pumps go dry. If the decline

continues, the water level could
drop below the pump and pumps
would have to be lowered to
reach the water."
No water shortages have been
reported to date and Gadsden
County is not under a mandatory
water restriction, To avoid either
scenario, Water District officials
suggest these conservation
measures:
Limit landscape irrigations to
no more than two days per week;
water only during the low
evaporation hours of 4 p.m. to 10
a.m.
Water-based recreation should
be reduced if it requires
pumping, diverting or otherwise
using natural water supply for
recreation, such as filling duck
ponds.
Aesthetic uses of water that
are primarily decorative, such as
fountains, should be voluntarily
discontinued.

DEP releases 'Being Drought Smart'

The Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP)
on July 10 released Being
Drought Smart, a report
identifying water use efficiency
measures that can help in the
current drought and also better
prepare the state for future
drought situations. The report
provides recommendations for
agricultural operations; public
water supply; and commercial
and industrial practices and
programs.
"It is likely that such responses
will always be necessary in times
of severe water shortage brought
on by drought, but we can reduce
the frequency of drought crises
by being more 'drought smart' in
our usage every day," said DEP
Secretary Michael W. Sole. "In
times of water shortage, effective
conservation allows more users
to share the limited water
available."
Being Drought Smart identifies
a number of short- and mid-term
recommendations evaluated in
terms of drought responsiveness,
water saved, cost-effectiveness
and ease of implementation.
Recommendations include more
Mobile !ijjgjtion Labs to
improve water use efficiency in
agriculture, providing goal-based
water conservation plans for
public water utilities, and
installing rain sensors on
automated irrigation systems.

MEETING NOTICE

The next regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners will be
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 starting at 6:00 p.m. The following items have
been agendaed: Awards, Presentations and Appearances:
Presentation of Economic Development Update. Consent for
Approval: Approval of Minutes.- June 19, 2007 Regular Meeting;
Ratification of Approval of Payment of Bills; Approval of Chairman
Holt's Travel to the 2007 Annual Chamber Community; Approval of
Signatures for Special Assessment Lien; Approval of Signatures for
Special Assessment Liens and Rehabilitation Contracts; Approval of
EMS Bad Debt Write Off. Consent Items Pulled for Discussion.
Citizens Requesting to be Heard on Non-Agenda Items (3 minute
limit). Public Hearings: Public Hearing Conceptual Plat Review for
the Plantations of Foxchase SD-2006-09 Major Subdivision
(Continued From 4-17-07 Board meeting); Request for Budget
Amendment. General Business: Approval of Appointments to the
Opportunity Florida Community Land Trust (OFCLT); Board and the
Opportunity Florida Community Development Corporation. (OFCDC)
Board; Discussion of Teresa Bouie's Subdivision Exemption
Request/Issue. County Manager: Status of Peavy & Sons L.L.C. Mine,
Future Land Use Map (FLUM) Amendment (CPA-2006-05), Tax ID #4-.
28-1N-4W-0000-00100-0000. County Attorney: Commissioners
Items: Receipt ard File For the Record: Letter from The Ferguson
Group Regarding the Federal Activity Report and 2007 Appropriations
Timeline; Letter from the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection Regarding LP6721 Water/Sewer Infrastructure; Letter from
David H. Melvin, Inc., Consulting Engineers Regarding Wastewater
Extension Project GAD06SEW; Letter from US Department of
Agriculture Regarding Lease for Real Property, Vacated as of July 6,
2007; Letter to Ms. Gladys Jones from Florida Department of
Environmental Protection Regarding a Notice of Violation; Letter to
Department of Law Enforcement Regarding JAG Program Funds; Letter
from MGT of America, Inc. Regarding Special Session on Property Tax
Relief and Reform.

If a person decides to appeal any decision by the Board of County
Commissioners with respect to any matter considered at such public
meeting, he/she will need a record of the proceedings and for such pur-
pose he/she may need to insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings
is made, which record includes testimony and evidence to which the
appeal is to be heard.
07/12/07c

In response to the 2007
drought, DEP, in coordination
with the Department of
Agriculture -and Consumer
Services, the South Florida Water
Management District and the
Florida Division of Emergency
Management, produced the
Florida Drought Action Plan in
April. The agencies worked
closely with Conserve Florida, a
group established to provide
information and tools to improve
water conservation through the
development of utility-specific,
goal-based water conservation
programs, to develop the Action
Plan recommendations.
Among the tasks in that plan is
the development of practical
recommendations and policy
changes to alleviate the severity
of future droughts in Florida.
Implementation of the
recommendations in both the
Florida Drought Action Plan and
the Being Drought Smart Report
will require collaborative efforts
by many federal, state and local
agencies as well as other
organizations such as the Florida
Section of the American Water
V\oiL ki Association, the Florida
\Water Environment Association
and the Florida Rural Water
Association.
The necessity for such
measures is highlighted by
current drought conditions
throughout the state, particularly
in South Florida. In past
droughts, the region has been
able .to rely on the storage
capabilities of different regions
of the watershed, such as the
Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, the
Water Conservation Areas and
Lake Okeechobee. Never before
have all three of these regions
had critically low water levels at
the same time. In response to the
current drought, the South
Florida Water Management
District, for the first time in its
history, issued Phase III water
shortage orders (45 .percent.
reduction goal) for several
regions.
While Being Drought Smart
focuses on improving water use
efficiency as a drought response,
the State is also encouraging the
development of drought-resistant
alternative water supplies. The
2005 Legislature created the
Water Protection and
Sustainability Program within
DEP to help fund the
development of alternative water
supply projects at the local level.
In fiscal year 2005-2006, that
program contributed $100
million in state matching funds
to local governments for
alternative water supply projects,
with an additional $60 million
allocated for fiscal year 2006-
2007.
To view the Being Drought
Smart Report, visit
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/drough
t/files/droughtsmart_report.pdf

If you want change, it's best to go to the
source.
More often than I like to think about,
people stop me in stores, yell at me at
traffic lights, call me all times of day and
night at home, send me anonymous
(poison pen) letters, and even approach
me at church. Most people want to tell
me about something that has made them
angry or something they feel should be
done in another way.
That's OK with me because I am eager
to listen to,just about anyone on any
subject. I have gotten some of my best
stories from unconventional sources.
There are times though, when people
want me to write about this or that
subject that has already been written
about. They missed the paper that week
so they want me to "do it again." I can't
re-hash and re-hash a single subject until
the issue has been sufficiently aired to
the satisfaction of one or two people.
True, newspapers have an obligation to
report the news and to report it as
accurately as possible. We are not
henchmen nor are we hired help to do
the dirty work of a disgruntled citizen.
Much of what I hear can best be
addressed and solved by taking it to the
body that can actually do something
about it. Is your problem with county
government? Or the City of Quincy? Or
Havana? Or Gretna? or Chattahoochee?
Try attending a commission or council
meeting to get your answers. At least the
folks who can do something about your
issue will hear it from you. If your
friends feel the same as you, bring them
to the meeting with you. The more the
merrier and a collective voice,is always
better than a lone voice.
And, another thing. Don't just come to

one meeting and drop it. The chambers
ought to be full to overflowing every
meeting because a lot more goes on in
those meeting that affects you than you
might think. It is always better to be
proactive rather than reactive.
Contrary to what people may think, I
doubt that elected officials wait
breathlessly each week for the
newspaper to come out so they can
decide what to do. I remember some
months ago when every time I turned
around someone was talking about the
"salaries" of county department heads
and other top level employees.
I decided to write an article on the
salaries to get it out in the open once and
for all. Well, it wasn't a week later that
someone called to tell me that I ought to
run the article again in the next issue so
that people who didn't see the first article
would surely see the second article.
I told the man that if the salaries upset
him so much, perhaps the venue to
address it was to the Board of County
Commissioners' meeting. After all, it is
they, not me nor this newspaper, who
decide the best way to spend tax dollars.
I told him that if he and other citizens
didn't like what they were doing, they.
might not be aware of it. The place to
address it is in an open forum and for the
record.
That way when they came up for re-
election there would be something
,concrete top)ase his decision on which
candidate to support.
Citizens, n6t newspapers have the last
word.
Use your power; it's greater than you
think.
Voice your opinions throughout the
year, not just at election time.

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Before there were Trekkies...

The 60th anniversary of the UFO
"sighting" in Roswell, New Mexico, was
celebrated this past week-end. Upwards to
50,000 people gathered in that remote
desert town to commemorate; memorialize
and swap "encounter" stories. And most
kept a watchful eye on the clear, blue
western sky hoping that another alien
spacecraft would come crashing through
the stratosphere. I was a little disappointed
that they didn't invite my older brother to
be the featured speaker.
Leon was near 'bout on a first name
basis with those little silver suited men
with pronged antennae instead of ears.
And, as far as I know, he was the only one
in our little town that had actually seen the
flying saucer land. I just missed it by a
couple of seconds....
Leon, Jackie Burns and Nicky Joe
Stafford were "doing nothing" late one
evening down in the alley that ran behind
the Ben Franklin five and dime store. They
had walked up to town after the baseball
game. I was a lot younger and just tagged
along to give Leon something to complain
about.
I don't remember now why, or how, he
became enamored with those big
transformers that hung way up on several
light poles stuck side by side in that semi
dark alley. I do remember how the electric
lines entwined around and about those
transformers and then strung out from there
to every little store that surrounded the
town square.
I do clearly, anddistinctly, remember that
I didn't think it was a really good idea
when he started throwing pretty fair sized
pieces of gravel at those transformers.
Leon corrected me, "I'm not trying to hit
the transformer, I'm shooting for those
little brown glass things where the wires
connect to--"
KA-BOOOOOM!
People, I saw the sparks fly and the

lightening shoot out and felt the ground
shake right before I went unconscious!
When I caine to the whole town was dark.
And Jackie and Nicky Joe were long gone.
Mr. Bobby Ridley had the fire truck backed
up in the alley, ready for any emergency.
He turned off the siren but the spinning red
light cast an eerie glow across the scene.
The mayor and the police chief were
. interviewing Leon to ascertain the exact
* nature of the sudden withdrawal of light
from the entire town. "Well, it happened so
fast." Leon got that part right for sure! "I
just got a glimpse of the thing as it passed
over. It came out of the sky from behind
Dr. Holmes's office and it flashed over the'
square in a split second. It was a big silver
saucer shaped thing. Had little windows all
around it! There was a high pitch, whirling
noise. Did ya'll hear it? Then it veered off
toward the telephone office. That's when
everything went dark. It sucked up all our
light! Let's get out there to that field
behind the phone company. I believe it
might have landed!"
We all rushed over to the open lot on
Walnut Street just passed the Southern Bell
office. The men drove cars up and tuned
the head lights on. They crisscrossed the
area on foot with flash lights. Mr.
Hargraves found where the grass had been
pushed down. He thought there was a
pattern to it. The police chief found some
tin foil. It might have come from a space
ship. 'Course, on the other hand, it could
have been the wrap for Miss Estine's tuna
sandwich inadvertently dropped as she
took a lunch break from her operating
duties.
Timbo Packard and his crew worked
most of the night to restore the lights.
There was a big sigh of relief when Timbo
announced that although he couldn't say
for sure what caused the blackout it didn't

See HUNKERIN' on Page 7

Serving up a slice of

Gadsden County history

Even if you're not a cookbook
person, the West Gadsden Historical
Society's "Flavors of Home" is worth
a look-see.
I finally broke down and bought one
during the society's July 4 open house
and quilt show in Greensboro.
Sensing my hesitation, WGHS
secretary Linda Clark Smith informed
me the carefully compiled book
included a recipe for possum and.
sweet taters.
"Sold," I said.
I mean. That's a thing you just can't
turn down. Not that I plan on
consuming possum on any occasion,
ever, notwithstanding the dire hike in
grocery prices as of late.
"Hmmm, ground'beef has gone up to
$712 per pound. Guess I'll grab a loaf
of $19.99 eight-week-old bread and a
jar of $55 peanut butter. Ixnay on the
possum and aterstay."
There's just something irresistible
about a book with a recipe that calls
for a person to "rub possum inside and
out with salt and red or black pepper"
before placing it in a roasting pan with
a teacup full of boiling water and, this
is key, a tablespoon of butter.
ANYWAY. Back to the book. It has
the fabulous recipes you can only get
from locals who have spent a lot. of
years perfecting them and passing
them down generation after generation
-'braised roast beef, country butter-
baked turkey, spinach artichoke
casserole and one of my favorites,

apple stack cake. There are no less
than six pecan pie recipes this is the
South as well as five squash
casserole recipes and one "special
squash casserole" recipe.
Lori Dezell, great granddaughter of
James and Maggie Shepard Dezell,
submitted her recipe for rumble-de-
thumps.
The historical society currently calls
the Dezell House in Greensboro its
headquarters; built in 1912 by James
Dezell, it's one of the oldest houses in
Greensboro. Dezell was Greensboro's.
first mayor, according to a historical
overview in the first pages of the
cookbook, whose family relocated to
Mt. Pleasant from Missouri in 1886.
Originally from Chicago, Dezell
married Gadsden County native
Maggie Shepard, of the Shepard's
Mill Shepards.
Another intriguing recipe is Velma
McLendon's Muscatine hull pie,
which she notes is very old and rarely
used these days,
The back of the book offers a
cornucopia of household hints, recipes
for special occasions, food
substitution lists and healthy living
tips.
Proceeds from the $15 cookbook go
to the historical society's projects,
including restoration of the Dezell
House. For more information on
getting a cookbook or the West
Gadsden Historical Society, call 442-
6434.

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Letters

to the

SEditor

Editor:

You can't fight City Hall" is an expression I've
heard all my life. I have never knew exactly what the
term meant, but if it means solving problems in a
peaceful and civil manner without fighting, I'm all
for it. Not wanting to fight City Hall, but rather to
talk to City Hall, I've made several trips down town
to do just that. I've also written letters to the editor
pointing out safety precautions that need to be
implemented in Quincy and my neighborhood. Last
Tuesday night (6-20-07) I addressed the Quincy City
Commission concerning fire safety and remembering
the nine brave firefighters who gave their lives to save
others (most lives lost since 9-11); I shared with the
commission the tragic story my mother, Marie
Rollins, told me. As a young girl she witnessed her
grandfather's country store be completely destroyed;
more recently and closer to home, I told of the house
next door to the Rollins' home destroyed by fire (also
witnessed by young children) in January 1986. I've
said all that to say this, "Talk Is Cheap." I am hereby
publicly requesting a meeting with the powers that be
namely: Commissioner Gay, City Manager Bogan,
Fire Chief Smith and City Attorney McLean. We
need to come up with a "Comprehensive Safety
Plan" for the alley that runs between Sharon St. and
North St. where seven homes and a garage
apartment share a convenience as well as a privilege.
City Hall, I'm talking, are you listening?

Henry Rollins, Jr.
Hrollins4@aol.com

G uest

Coinmn

From the

desk of

your sheriff

To the citizens of Gadsden
County:
When I campaigned to become
your sheriff, I promised that the
Gadsden County Sheriffs Office
would be administered fairly and
transparently. Nothing hidden
and nothing concealed. This is
the onset of a series of letters,
directly from my desk, that will
inform you of the progress as
well as the hurdles -that the
Gadsden County Sheriff s Office
face as we strive to provide
professional and progressive law
enforcement services. In this
letter to you, I will focus on law
enforcement services, the county
jail, the budget and how each
entity impacts you.
The Gadsden County Sheriff s
Office covers 516 square miles of
territory which includes three
bodies of water, two major
highways and a major interstate.
In the past two years, we've seen
unprecedented growth in
population with the addition of
several new sub-divisions. In the
2006 U.S. Census Bureau,
Gadsden County's population
was estimated at 46,658. This
number directly impact services
and how they are administered.
From 2002-2005 the Gadsden
County Sheriff's Office
responded to 174,160 calls for
service. In 2006, deputies
responded to 64,099 calls for
service and from January 2007 to
July 9th, 2007, deputies have
responded to 39,006 calls.
According to our
communications director, we are
well on the way of exceeding
60,000 calls for service for the
year 2007. This response effort
was accomplished with only
twenty three deputies. In which,
shifts are further broken into four
to five deputies per twelve hour
shift. The deputies serve in
various capacities including
back-up to EMS. Additionally,
they transport inmates, serve
documents, assist the Florida
Highway Patrol and our local
municipal police departments.
Currently, we have 4,600 open
warrants for arrest for people
who are still walking around in
our communities. From October
2006 until June 2007, 2,658
inmates were received at the
Gadsden County Jail and during
this same reporting period 279
inmates were arrested for violent
crimes. The men and women that
make up the patrol division have
given their best at continuing to
provide adequate and
professional services to you,
despite their low wages.
Since I took office, I have hired
a number of deputies who have
the education and training
necessary to apply to higher
paying agencies. Last year alone,
I gave every employee, with the
exception of senior command
staff, a 7% pay increase but that
still left us behind in competitive
wages for sworn employees.
This yields a high turnover rate in
sworn personnel that can leave us
.short staffed and cause a
tremendous strain on services, for
example call-time response.
In the 2005-2006 budget year,
we managed to stay within
budget due to micro-management
of spending and cutting overtime
to employees. Adhering to
recommendations of our audit
firm and putting these measures
in place lead to a successful audit
and regulated spending. Still, the
eight-man investigative unit
managed to solve ten homicides
in 2005 and most of 2006 by
sacrifice and dedication. This feat
was accomplished without
members of the unit receiving a
penny of overtime simply
because we could not afford the

James A. Shanks Middle
School has failed to meet feder-
al education performance stan-
dards for the fifth year in a row,
but Gadsden County school
leaders have a plan to get it on
track, Tammi McGriff-Farlin,
school Title I and grant coordi-
nator, told the school board at a
special meeting Tuesday.
Because it failed to meet
federal Adequate Yearly
Progress (AYP) standards,
Shanks Middle School must
undergo "restructuring," or
"actions the district will take to
ensure improved performance
of a Title I school in its fifth
year of 'in need of improve-
ment' status," McGriff-Farlin
told the board.
The district has elected to
follow Federal restructuring
standards instead of the state's
because they allow "more lee-
way" to meet needs at Shanks,
McGriff-Farlin explained.
Federal requirements for
restructuring include offering
parents of students at a school
lagging AYP standards an
option of transferring to a dis-
trict school meeting AYP stan-
dards, with transportation
offered.
The district must also offer
free supplemental educational
services to eligible students
(those who receive free and
reduced price lunch) and under-
go district assistance through
"staff assignments, funding,
professional development, per-
formance pay and monitoring,"
McGriff-Farlin told the board.
Gadsden County has already
taken action to facilitate the
restructuring process and
improve performance at
Shanks, including a principal
change and restructuring
teacher placement within the
school to ensure "teacher
assignments are aligned with
teacher performance and stu-

dent gains," McGriff-Farlin
said.
The district has also imple-
mented the Florida Teacher
Advancement Program (FTAP)
at Shanks to aid in performance
improvement. FTAP calls for
the school to utilize "data-driv-
en" instruction methods and to
seek out exceptional teachers to
serve as mentors to other teach-
ers.
FTAP was put into place at
Stewart Street Elementary
School several years ago, and
since then the school has
improved its marks on a
statewide school evaluation
from a.double "F" to nearly an
"A" this year. The school also
recently met AYP standards for
the first time.
Thus, McGriff-Farlin said,
FTAP has been proven to be
effective in helping to boost
school performance. She added
Stewart Street will be able to
provide support and guidance to
Shanks as it implements FTAP
for the first year.
Major funding for FTAP's
implementation at Shanks will
come from Title I -School
Improvement Initiative money.
Title I Part A Basic money, the
district's general fund and
"other grants as available" may
also be tapped for program
maintenance, McGriff-Farlin
said.
Much of the program's cost,
which school Staff
Development/Personnel
Director Diana Decker said
totaled around $166,000 last
year at Stewart Street, stems
from paying substitute teachers
to fill in for "mentor teachers"
when' they must be released
from the classroom to perform
FTAP duties.
In other business Tuesday:
-The school board voted
unanimously to defer action on
an agreement between the dis-
trict and the Gadsden County
Sheriff's Office.
The current agreement calls

for five resource officer posi-
tions, to be assigned at East
Gadsden High School, Havana
Middle School, Carter-
Parramore Academy, James A.
Shanks Middle School and
West Gadsden High School.
Each officer is valued at
$49,982, and the school board
will foot 80 percent of that bill,
or $199,928 total.
Judge Helms, board mem-
ber, said the district's contract
with the sheriff's office should
allow for officers to respond at
schools where they are not
assigned in emergency situa-
tions.
Issac Simmons, board chair-
man, said the contract should
also provide the superintendent
with the ability to reassign offi-
cers to other schools if neces-
sary.
Several board members said
the contract should also require
resource officers to work after-
school activities or other
assignments that don't fall
within the regular school day,
without having to pay the offi-
cers a supplement, as is current-
ly the practice.
"Since we're paying 80 per-
cent, we need to get the bang
for our buck," Helms said.
Some board members also
wanted clarification in the con-
tract as to whether the board
was paying the officers for 12
months of service, or just serv-
ice during the school year.
Though the board deferred
action, Superintendent
Reginald James and several
board members stressed that the
district has an "excellent rela-
tionship". with the Sheriff's
Office, and they are very sup-
portive of hiring the five
resource officers.
-The board voted unani-
mously to suspend require-
ments that Gadsden students in
grades five and eight score at or
above level two on the science
portion of the Florida
Comprehensive Assessment

Test in order to be promoted to
the next grade.
James said Gadsden students
have struggled with the science
portion of the FCAT, and he
thought retaining students who
didn't score at level two or
above was "punitive." He
added he doesn't support reten-
tion in general.
Students who don't score at
level two or higher are given
the option of showing science
mastery through an approved.
science portfolio, in lieu of the
FCAT science requirement.
-The board unanimously
approved a school food service
reorganization plan. Assistant
Superintendent of Finance
Bonnie Wood told the board the
reorganization is needed, to
address a "chronic problem" of
the district food service not
being able to sustain itself.
In the last five or six years,
school food services have had
expenditures greater than actual
revenue and "significant adjust-
ments to expenditures due to
actual physical inventory,"
Wood told the board.
The reorganization plan calls
for a new management system,
in which the food service direc-
tor job is axed and management
is based on a "team approach"
with the following key mem-
bers: Paula Milton, Melanie
Davis, Dusty House, Dennis
Wester and Bruce James.
The new "management
team" is comprised of current
district employees who have
"specific expertise to help food
services," Wood told board.
The reorganization plan will
save the district "at least
$50,000," Wood added.
-The board voted unani-
mously to establish uniform
procedures and processes for
instructional personnel who do
not have a teaching certificate
at the time of employment.
The procedures call for
employees who do not have
required certification at the
time of employment to be paid
as a substitute teacher until
he/she obtains certification.
Uncertified employees paid
as substitute teachers will not
receive retroactive pay upon
certification, and insurance and
other benefits will not begin
until the employee is certified.

Struggling school hopes unique

program will be saving grace

B. BRIAN DEKLE
Times staff writer

Gadsden Count\ school
officials hope a program credit-
ed for helping transform a local
elementary school from a fail-
ure into a shining educational
star can do sirmlar feats at
James A. Shanks Middle
School. \ which faces restructur-
ing after failing to meet federal
educauon standards for the fifth
\ear in a row.
\\hen the Florida Teacher
Advancement Program (FTAP)
\was implemented at Stewart
Sureer Elementai School set-
eial \ears ago. the school had
double "F' marks on its state
evaluation and was not up to
par \ith federal Adequate
Yearly Progress Standards.
A Near later, however.
Stew art Street scored a "C."
and this year. even in the face of
higher stakes on school grad-
ing, the school earned a "B."
nearly an "A." Stev. art Street is
also one of just a fe\ Gadsden
County schools that have met
AYP standards.
'"What a success storN
Ste\w al Street is. They're come
from an 'F' school to the edge
of an 'A' school, even i light of
the ne\w scale. \ith an extra
115 points required, the\ 're just
eight points from an "A." and
under the old scale they'd be an
'A' plus. I'm really proud of
that. Phat's an outstanding per-
formance and it sa\ s to me the
program (FTAPI works,"
Reginald James. Gadsden
County school superintendent.
said.
James no\ looks to FTAP to
intervene at Shanks Middle
School, a "D" school that has
fallen short of AYP standards
for the last five sears. School
officials are confident the pro-
granm w~ l work at Shanks as it
did at Stewart Street, because
of its unique approach to
improving teaching perform-
ance.
"I've had a chance now for a
couple of years to see that this
is really working. It's been a
phenomenal success with a
group of students who in the

past have not been as success-
ful. Given the Shanks situation,
where they have fallen to
iteStucturing under the No
Cluld Left Behind Act. pan of
that restructurng is to ha\e a
new academic focus. which is
in the FTAP program. We feel
good about t because we've
proven that it \woiks," James
said.
FTAP pushes data-driven
ins-tuction but utnhzes a unique
element in doing so. Under
FTAP, e\ceptionall\ talented
teachers are made mentors to
othre teachers. These "teacher's
teachers" guide and instruct
their colleagues in ho. to use
data to drive intsuuction and
general\ teach more effectiue-
IN.
"It's a \en uruque program
It uses data to dim\e nmstrucuon,
but it has a teacher mentonng
piece. I think that's really
important, and that's the thing
that separates it." James said.
"We ha\ e a lot of new teach-
ers here. and so when the\
come in the\ need strong men-
tonng. \We ha\e strong teachers
constantly nentoring new
teachers and sho. ing them
how to use data to drive instutc-
tion."
James added Gadsden
County schools are full of tal-
ented teachers like Jermaine
Brown. a leading FTAP mentor
at Ste\wart Street. "She's the
teacher's teacher. She's exuaor-
dinarils talented and incredible)
gifted w hen it comes to instulc-
tion." he said.
"But there's others out there;
it's not just Jermaine. The pro-
gram allows us to take the out-
standing teachers \w.e hae and
allow them to mentor others.
We do bhae some outstanding
teachers, and dhe\ can use theu
expertise to help othei younger
teachers.
James said if FTAP is as
successful at Shanks as it w.as at
Stewran Sueet. the program \ ill
eventually be expanded to other
schools in Gadsden County.
For more information on
FTAP, \ isit
\ %w w.fldoe.org/dpe/mentor_pd
ot.asp.

Sheriff to hold 'Meet and Greet'

Sheriff Morris Young and
staff will hold a "Meet and
Greet" Thursday, July 19, from
4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Sycamore
United Methodist Church, 3246
Sycamore Road, in the
Sycamore Community.

Residents in the area are
encouraged to attend and meet
the sheriff and his staff.
"Our goal is to firm a positive
relationship with everyone in

and promote positive changes in
the neighborhood," Young said.
He said he would like for res-
idents to develop a partnership
with his office by being obser-

the community. Join our office 4 vant and report any suspicious
in our efforts to reduce crime person or activity.

Area clergy invited to Breaking

Bread Clergy Gathering July 19

Big Bend Hospice invites
area clergy to attend a special
luncheon on Thursday, July 19,
2007, from Noon-1:15 p.m.
The luncheon will be held in
conference room C of the Big
Bend Hospice Elaine Bartelt
Center located at 1723 Mahan
Center Blvd.
"We have planned a very
special time for our clergy to
gather, fellowship and to dis-
cuss issues that impact them in

ministering to those who are
dying," said Rev. Candace
McKibben, Big Bend Hospice
Pastoral Care Coordinator.
"At this quarterly meeting
we will be discussing Dr. Ira
Byock's book titled Dying Well,
and having table conversation
about death with dignity."
Bevis Funeral Home is the
luncheon sponsor for this quar-
terly meeting.
The meeting is open to all

clergy in Leon, Jefferson,
Madison, Taylor, Wakulla,
Franklin, Liberty and Gadsden
counties.
To make reservations for the
luncheon, please contact Rev.
Candace McKibben at Big Bend
Hospice by July 17th. Her
email address is candace@big-
bendhospice.org or you may
call her at (850) 878-5310 ext.
250 or toll free at (800) 772-
5862.

stance with intent to sell within
1000ft of a church and
sale/poss of controlled sub-
stance with intent to sell within
1000 ft. of a church; Amanda
Stewart, sale of controlled sub-
stance and poss of.marijuana;
Debbie Atkins, VOP/PWBC;
Sanchez Harris, poss of mari-
juana and poss of controlled
substance; Danette West,
VOP/poss of cocaine.

Churches and other faith-based
organizations can have a major
impact on education and the com-
munity as a whole, and Gadsden
County's sheriff and school super-
intendent plan to show local min-
isters how to do it at a roundtable
dinner meeting this week.
The dinner meeting is 6:30
p.m., Thursday, at Carter-
Parramore Academy, 631 S.
Stewart St.
Ministers and pastors are invit-
ed to the dinner, themed
"Gadsden Leaders Empowering
Faith-Based Partnerships," and

organizers ask that those interest-
ed in attending RSVP at 627-1541
or 627-5011.
School Superintendent
Reginald James will "paint a pic-
ture" of Gadsden County from the
school district's point of view, and
Sheriff Morris Young will discuss
how he deals with the same popu-
lation and how their perspectives
overlap, Audrey Lewis-Potter,
Gadsden County schools parent
services coordinator, said.
James and Young will also talk
about district needs and what
faith-based partners can do to
help. Lewis-Potter said faith-
based partners play a powerful
role in education and the greater

community, as most Gadsden
County students are members of
church congregations.
"Churches are the eyes, ears
and mouth of the community,"
she said.
Church members can mentor
children, volunteer at school,
donate school supplies and instill
good morals and values in stu-
dents to not only boost their aca-
demic performance, but to build
their character, as well.
"There's so many things faith-
based partners can do," Lewis-
Potter said.
Several Gadsden County faith-
based partners are already getting
involved in the education of stu-

dents in their congregations.
Some churches host "technology
nights," after-school programs,
standardized test practice sessions
and other educational activities.
Some churches help boost stu-
dent motivation by offering incen-
tives for students who do well in
school. One church gives $100 to
the student who reads the most for
the school district's summer read-
ing program, the "summer read-
ing wave."
Some faith-based partners are
also merging bible study with tra-
ditional public school education.
Tameka Battles, a teacher at
Greensboro Elementary School
and member of Miracle Temple,

has applied Florida's "Sunshine
State Standards" for education to
scripture, Lewis-Potter said.
After reading Bible stories,
Battles asks Sunday School stu-
dents to identify main characters,
compare and contrast themes and
answer other types of questions
that appear in standardized test
reading sections.
Lewis-Potter said churches are
often filled with retired educators
who can guide churches in imple-
menting similar academic help
strategies.
Outside of education, faith-
based partners can also help stu-
dents develop good morals and
values, thereby aiding in crime

prevention and generally "making
a better community," Lewis-
Potter said.
"Faith-based partners are the
link between education and crime
prevention," she said.
Quoting Matthew 9:37-38,
Lewis-Potter said Gadsden
County children are the "harvest,"
and faith-based partners are
"laborers" helping to reap the har-
vest.
James began utilizing faith-
based partners in Gadsden County
schools several years ago, and
since then the school board has
recognized an outstanding faith-
based partner each month at
school board meetings.

City OKs support for 'Council on the

Social Status of Black Men and Boys'

City gets DEP grant

by ALICE DU PONT
Times Editor

The Quincy City Commission
will support the bill recently
signed into law creating the
Council on the Social Status of
Black Men and Boys. Mayor
Keith Dowdell asked fellow com-
missioners to support the bill by
establishing a local council that is
made up of representatives from
the Board of County
Commissioners, City
Commission, school district,
Public Defender's Office, State
Attorney's Office, NAACP,
Urban League, local mentoring
organizations, fraternities, sorori-
ties, faith-based organizations, the
business community, PTA, sports
leagues, a clinical psychologist or
sociologist, and other interested
parties.
Dowdell said the creation of

the councils statewide was a
major topic at a recent Black On
Black Crime Conference he
attended.
The council, which is adminis-
tratively placed in the office of the
Attorney General, is required to
make a systematic study of condi-
tions and address the disparities
affecting black males within the
state, including the homicide
rates, arrest and incarceration
rates, poverty, violence, drug
abuse, death rates, disparate
annual income levels, school per-
formance in all grades, including
postsecondary grades and health
issues.
Black men are disproportion-
ately represented in the state's
corrections facilities, with 84,901
inmates in the Florida Prison
System. according to the 2005
statistics from the Department of
Corrections. Black males also:

*account for 51% of all incar-
cerated males
*account for 32 % of the stu-
dents who were counted as
dropouts in 2004-2005
*the life expectency for black
males is 3.9 years less than for
white males.
*the HIV rates was 46.4 per
100,000 in 2004
*the average medium income
is $18,601 for black males 15
years and older compared to
$27,763 for white males; and for
full-time, year-round workers, the
median income was $22,364 for
black males and $36,198 for
white males.
Each local chapter will collab-
orate and advise the state council
when they have organized and
elected officers. Dowdell has
asked City Attorney Jack McLean
to draft the local resoultion for
submission to the state council.

Quincy City Commissioners were all smiles as they learned the city had been awarded a
$200,000 Florida Department Environmental Protection grant for rural communities. The funds
will be used to renovate Jackson Heights Park in district two. Recreation Department Director
Reginald Cunningham said the park's facelift will be a welcome addition to the district. Plans for
the park include state-of-the-art palyground equipment, water-friendly paly areas, water-friend-
ly park, shelters, new walkways, water fountains, and other amenities. Other parks, including
Burmah Heights, Shaw's Quarter, and Sunset (Acres) Park, were all refurbished through similar
grants. Left to right: Commissioner Andy Gay, Mayor Keith Dowdell, Commissioner Sherrie tay-
lor, Commissioner Finely Cook, and Commissioner Keith Dowdell. (Photo by Alice DuPont)

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to the city, she was told that
they had no interest.
"I took a class in electricity 101
and I found out a lot." she said.
The commissioner said she did
her homework and found out that
at least one provider, Gulf Power
(which serves Blountstown) was
not given the proper information
in a timely manner to make a bid.
"Gulf Power based their answer
on what they had been told,"
Taylor said.
She said Gulf Power had been
informed that the City of Quincy
owns 85 percent of the equipment
used to transmit power and could
have decided whether they
wanted to bid. She said that

Progress Energy own's'Jonly one
of the tr.iainfci stations used by
the city and that that station is
used to service not only Quincy,
but other customers as well.
"Because we went out (for bid)
in June instead of January and
because other providers were not
given the proper information is
the reason other providers were
not able to come to the table," she
said.
She then asked City Attorney
Jack McLean if he had examined
all of the documents pertaining to
the $500,000 loan agreement with
Capital City Bank and if the City
was protected.
"I do not have all of the

documents in hand to make sure
the City is protected against this
loan," McLean replied.
Moving on, Taylor said she is
also unhappy with the efforts of
the Code Enforcement
Department. She said the
department is moving too slowly
and that too many dilapidated
houses still have not been given
attention.
"I live and work in a district
where I see these dilapidated
houses. Code Enforcement needs
to step it up," she said.
Taylor wasn't the only
commissioner dissatisfied with
Bogan.
Calling his concerns "critical",

Commissioner Derrick Elias said
asked that city vehicles be used
for city business only. He said a
citizen had called him to the
Piggly Wiggly Sunday morning
because a city employee was
using the vehicle to order
groceries and that he had gotten
another call from a citizen saying
that a city vehicle was at the
Crystal River Restaurant in
Tallahassee.
Elias said he didn't think it
proper for the City Manager to
use the city's vehicle while he
works at another job, namely a
part time job for the City of
Gretna.
"I saw a city vehicle parked at
the Gretna City Hall and when I
looked closer, I saw it was the
manager's vehicle. I don't think
the city's cars ought to be used for
employees' second or third jobs,"
he said.
Commissioner Finley Cook
suggested that mileage logs be
kept by those who use city
vehicles, but Elias said keeping a
log won't keep employees from
abusing the use of automobiles.
In another vein, Elias said he
would like for the city to put a
stop to annexation until they get a
better understanding of where the
city's growth should go and the
relationship with the

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Comprehensive Plan.
"Before we annex more
property, we need to address the'
properties we already have," he
said.
Last month, the manager
reported that a couple of hundred
utility customers received bills
that did not reflect their power
usage and that many bills were
significantly lower than they
should have been for the period.
He said the bills, for 199
customers, will be adjusted in the
next billing cycles. But Bogan's
explanation that the reason for the
glitch was undeterminablee" did
not appease Elias.
"We have to tell these people
(customers) something.
Undeterminable doesn't work for
me. It's somebody, something, or
the system," he said.
Finally, Elias said he had heard
that WQTN, Channel 13, had
taken a new direction and wanted
to know both the new direction
and its advantage to the City of
Quincy.
Bogan said that when he came
on board as city manager, the
public access channel, which airs
live commission meetings twice a
month as well as reruns of the
meetings, had a lot of dead time
and the shows that were
broadcast lacked quality. He said
that WQTN's expenses were paid
for out of the Netquincy budget.
But WQTN owner Jim
Southerland, said he was under
the impression that the money to
pay for- the station's broadcasts
came from franchise fees paid the
city by the cable provider. He
said he had been told to attend

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employee and that he was
informed by the manager that
someone else would be doing
station programming.
Southerland said when he signed
a contract with the city three
years ago, which has since
expired, he was to report to the
City Commission.
"I've been told that I work for
Netquincy," he said.
Bogan said that from his point
of view, the meetings he asked
Southerland to attend were held
to make the station more relevant
to the citizens of Quincy.
"Mr. Southerland seems
extremely frustrated. How much
of the work do you actually get
paid to do? I see you all around
town at different events," said
Commissioner Finely Cook.
Southerland said he does a lot
of work, for which he is not paid,
as a service to the community.
Commissioners decided to set a'
date for a special meeting during
the next regular meeting to fully
discuss WQTN and its
relationship, if any, to Net Quincy
and other departments within the
city structure.
In other matters,
commissioners:
*Directed staff to enter into
contract talks with Waste Pro to
provide solid waste services to
the City of Quincy beginning at
the end of September. However,
Commissioner Andy Gay asked
the city manager if he knew that
prisoners were picking up
garbage near Calhoun Street.
Public Works Director Chad
Brown explained that Waste
Management purchased larger
trucks that could not safely drive
through the alley to pick up the
containers. Therefore, Brown
said, inmate labor is used to roll
the containers to the end of the
ally and back to the homeowner's
property.
*Voted to send a letter of intent
to Honeywell as the city's energy
auditors.
*Were given a list of candidates
for the finance director's position
and will hold a workshop to
discuss the applicants at 4 p.m. on
July 24.
*Passed ordinances changing
the zoning/land use classification
of a parcel of land on Strong
Road on first reading.
*Passed an ordinance amending
the charter.
*Passed an ordinance
establishing a local council for
the Social Status of Black Men
and Boys.
*Passed a resolution to support
the Quincy bypass.

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Independence Day brings a

whopper of a fish for local man

by ALICE DU PONT
Times Editor

While most folks were getting
ready for a July 4th cookout at
home or a visit with friends and
relatives, Doug Mathis got up with
plans to head over to the
Ochlocknee River near Fairbanks
Ferry Road.
He wanted to see if the rains on
the previous night had any effect
on the level of the water at one of
his favorite fishing spots.
He thought his luck would be a
little better than the softshell turtle
he'd caught two days before.
"I had this small pole with a
regular hook. I was really trying to
catch small fish to use for bait,"
Mathis said.
But what he caught was a 35-
pound, 42-inch catfish, the neck
(just behind the gills) 16 inches

SHERIFF from

'Man, he looked me
dead in the eye. It was
the ugliest thing
you've ever seen. I got
him behind the gills
and pulled him out.'

Doug Mathis, describing
his catch of a 35-pound
catfish

around.
And it wasn't easy either.
"It took about an hour to reel
him in. I fought with him for a
while. He'd pull and I'd wind. We
went at it like that for about fifteen

minutes then he would stop and
rest. Then a few minutes later, he'd
pull and I'd wind. The line got
wrapped around a log in the water
and he was under the log," Mathis
said.
His initial thought was that the
big, strong thing on the other end
of his line was a turtle or even the
alligator that has taken up resi-
dence in the area. But with the
water so low, Mathis took a closer
look and came eye to eye with the
catfish.
"Man, he looked me dead in
the eye. It was the ugliest thing
you've ever seen. I got him behind
the gills and pulled him out," he
said.
With no more fight in him, the
catfish, who Mathis says is not a
record for the area, *was through
and the Fourth of July 2007
became his last day on earth.

Douglas Mathis hauled in a 35-pound catfish on July 4th.

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burglaries. During this current
reporting period we have seen a
sharp increase in sexual offenses
and burglaries.
When we started the current fiscal
year of 2006-2007, I refuse to
worry about budget concerns, as it
relates to overtime and allowed
sworn staff the privilege of
receiving overtime due to low
wages. Deputies told me that they
are willing to do the work as long as
they can be compensated. That, to
me, is dedication: As we approach
the new fiscal year, I am still
looking at ways to increase wages
and will continue as I, too, was
once was a deputy and understand
what it is to receive a low wage.
As many of you may not know,

the bulk of the Sheriff's budget is
used to maintain the county jail and
the inmates housed there. The
county jail is actually the
responsibility of the County
Commission, but many sheriffs
throughout the state run the jail for
their commissions, respectively.
Since I took office, during the
period from 2003 until the present,
11, 357 inmates have been taken in
at the county jail. Of that number,
792 of have been sent to the Florida
Department of Corrections and 935
were arrested for violent crimes.
The county jail was constructed
only to hold 157 inmates.
Currently, the number fluctuates
from 220 to 230 with it previously
being as high as 257. With no

increase in staff (coupled with the
hurdle of low wages), the issue of
staff turnover remains.
I have proposed several options to
the County Commission in an effort
to highlight the issues associated
with the jail. One suggestion of
note would be to convert the multi-
purpose room to house female
inmates. This option would allow
for a greater capacity to'hold male
inmates in the cell currently
occupied by the females. The cost
of this project would be $20,000.00
with the use of inmate labor from
the Florida Department of
Corrections. This option is still in
the proposal phase. Inmates are
required by law to receive meals
that meet dietary needs and medical

attention. These costs alone are
astronomical! The cost of feeding
inmates over the last five years
(2003 to present) amounted to
$1,210,014.00. Medical costs.seem
to rise each year, especially with
special needs medication (i.e.
AIDS, TB, diabetics, psycho tropics
and pregnant inmates) being the
most costly. The cost of medical
attention from 2003 until the
present is $744,590.00. This
number would have been easily in
the millions if staff had not
recognized the sharp increase in
medications and recommended a
change in the pharmaceutical.
company. This alone saved us
around $100,000.00 yearly. Theses
numbers don't reflect the impact of

overtime for detention deputies who
have to be present when inmates are
transported to the hospital by
ambulance, attend regularly
scheduled medical appointments
and remain overnight in the
hospital.
In conclusion, I wanted to help
you understand the hurdles we face
as well as the accomplishments that
were made despite budgetary
circumstances. The men and
women of the Gadsden County
Sheriff's Office are proud,
dedicated and hardworking people.
Despite low wages, the hazards of
the job and sometimes adverse
conditions they manage to get the
job done effectively and
professionally. Many times I have

put on my uniform and worked a
shift due to shift shortages;
therefore, I understand what it is
they are faced with on a daily basis.
I will continue to fight for
competitive wages and an increase
operational funding without
compromising professional service
that I have set as the standard at the
Gadsden County Sheriff's Office.
I would like to take this
opportunity to thank my employees
for their dedication and unwavering
loyalty and to the citizens of
Gadsden County for their undying
support in our efforts to make your
community safe and enjoyable.
Humbly Submitted,
Morris A. Young
Gadsden County Sheriff

HUNKERIN' from Page 4

seem to have left any permanent
damage.
I was.too young and too afraid of
Leon to say a word. And I kinda
enjoyed the attention when
someone noticed that the soles of
my PF Flyers were scorched!
The next close encounter took
place a couple of years later. Leon
was dating Trudy Richardson and
Melinda.Beasley. I think he was
going steady with both of them
which caused quite a "juggling of
the books" as Leon delicately
described it. I know he had to be
home at ten o'clock:Sharp! Daddy
didn't hold to much late night
activity.

Leon failed to make it home one
evening. By midnight Mom and
Dad were out looking. I was getting
a little worried myself. I knew he
left with Melinda but Trudy called
about eight-thirty to ask why he
wanted to meet by the big tree
behind the Texaco Station. I
mumbled something about his
motorcycle needing a carburetor
adjustment and assured her that he
would be there.
Didn't none of us sleep much that
night. Daddy alternated between
anger and tears. I figured Leon was
going to get hugged---and then
whipped!
He came in about daylight. Hair

was messed up. Shirt was about
half tom off. One shoe was missing.
But he was smiling. "Don't worry
Mom, they had me for a while but I
escaped!"
This time the saucer landed on the
baseball field beside the pajama
factory. "They" were on him before
Leon could do anything. Four "of
their strongest" drug him up the
ladder and inside the spaceship. The'

inner sanctum was lit up by strange
green lights. Leon said the little
guys could barely speak English. It
was about like talking to Melinda.
They asked him if this was Peoria,
Illinois. He asked them if they by
chance had passed this way a
couple of years ago. He described
ihem as wiry looking with large
eyes and heads that were too big for
their bodies. And, naturally, they

wore the obligatory silver suits and
had antennas instead of ears.
How he escaped was a little fuzzy.
I rather think they used some kind
of x-ray machine and looked into
his head and ralized they might be
better servedito kidnap someone
else! He was hungry. He asked
Mom if she'd fry up some onion
rings and hoe cakes. And he wanted
to know if Trudy had called.

Daddy took away his Harley and
put him on restriction for the rest of
his life! Dad wasn't buying the ole
"flying saucer story" unless it
landed in our front yard!
I tried to get a look at the sole of .
Leon's lonp penny loafer. I wanted
to see if it had any scorch marks.....
Respectfully,
Kes

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Sports

By Joe Ferolito

So, last Wednesday we celebrated one that was the big story when the
the Fourth of July and tonight season started. When will Barry'
(Tuesday) Major League Baseball Bonds break Hank Aaron's record foi
plays its annual Al-Star Game. the most career round-trippers by an
That means half the baseball sea- individual? And should there be a
son is gone. The big story is the same steroid footnote to the achievement.?

I'll be the first to admit that I
thought it would have been broken by
nov.. At the All-Star break the San
Francisco slugger was situng on 751,
just 4 sh\ of tying Aaron and 5 away
from being the all-time champ. I'll
stay out of the steroid controversy.
Both stories, no doubt will donii-
nate baseball's next one or two weeks,
before the inevitable will happen and
the record will be broken.
After that maybe the pennant races
will come into focus.
The last time this column looked at
the rnces was during the Memorial
Day Week. Nothing has changed since
then.
.In the American League, Boston,
Cleveland. Detroit, and the Angels
would ha\e been the play-off teams if
the season had ended that week.
Those same teams would represent
the League if the season ended today.
Ditto the National League.
Nlilaukee. the Mets, the Dodgers
and San Diego are the same teams that

would represent the Senior Circuit,
that would have represented it
Memonal Day.
Things have tightened some since
Memorial Day. Boston still seems a
sure thing with a 10 game lead m the
*AL East, and the Yankees unable to
get consistent pitching.
Detroit and Cleveland keep swap-
ping the lead in the AL Central. Both
will make the play-offs if they contin-
ue playing baseball like they have the
first half of the season.
That leaves the Angels as the only
team in jeopardy right now with
Seattle staying on their tail just 3
games out.
Things are a little closer in the
National League. The Mets can't
shake Atlanta. If the Braves can get all
their folks healthy, the NL East could
go down to the wire.
Milwaukee is still leading the NL
Central with, of all teams, the Cubs.
making a run at them. Chicago will
fade. they always do. And. St. Louis is

having trouble righting the ship, so,
the Biewers may be the National
Leagues sure thing.
The NL West is indeed wild. Four
of the 5 teams are playing .500 or bet-
ter baseball and only 5 games sperate
those four. The Padres and Dodgers
are at the head of the pack but Arizona
and Colorado are in close proximity.
Colorado. like Chicago will go away.
If the Diamondbacks get some pitch-
ers healthy they could be a force.
There will be other home run sto-
ries besides the Aaion-Bonds one the
second part of the season.
Ken Gnffey, Jr. could hit his 600th
before the season is out and Alex
Rodnquez should reach 500.
Sammy Sosa has already reached
600 this year and Frank Thomas 500.
As the second half of the season
plays out, 2007 will probably be
known as the "home run milestone
year". And whoever makes the play-
offs or e\en wins the World Series
may be the footnote.

Quincy wins 14-under Dixie boys district tourney

Quincy came out on top of
the Dixie Boy's district base-
ball tournament hosted by the
Quincy RecreBtion Department
held last week. The Quincy

team defeated West Gadsden
10-4 in a first round game, then
knocked off Tri-City 14-6 in the
winner's bracket finals.
Tri-City came back to defeat

Quincy 15-6 to force another
game which the host team won
S18-9.Ryan Wade was the win-
ning pitcher in the final game.
John McNealy coaches the

Quincy team, which earned a
spot in the Dixie Boys 14-under
State Tournament which will be
held in Grand Ridge beginning
Saturday July 21.

Charles

Williams in

Sunshine

State Games

Charles Williams participat-
ed in the Sunshine State Games
in Winter Haven on June 16 and
came away with a total of 5
medals in the men's 45-49 age
group. Charles won gold medals
in the 800-meter run (2.23), the
400-meter run (58.6) and the
discuss throw (86.ft), a silver
medal in The Javelin Throw
(91ft), and a bronze medal in the
200-meter (27.2). Charles
Williams will be one of the rep-.
resentatives of The State of
Florida in the State Games of
America that will be held in
Colorado Springs, Colorado on
August 2 -5th at the US Air
Force Academy outdoor track
stadium.

For more information contact Qumncv Pa ks and Recreation
Department at 18501 S75-2255.

Seminole rm lines

The Talquin Hookers fished
Lake Seminole Saterday 10
boats strong in very hot weather.
One lady sed you could poach
an egg on top of her head. This
is how they finished: Lonnie
Walsh was first and had Big
Fish, Sarah Dunn had second
and 2 nice Bass, Tony Scott
brung up third. The girls were
beet red with the exception of
one.
One of the husbands road to
the dam and watched a fisher-
man pulling in Catfish after
Catfish, some up to 12 lbs. using
muscle meat for bait. The
Hybrids (Sunshine Bass) were
schooling all over the river
below the dam.
Most of the Top Water hits
.has just stopped cold turkey.
Most of Mrs. Walsh's ketch was
from Flipping and Plastic Swim
Baits under the water.
SMr. Brown and son caught 20
lbs. of Bass and one went jist
over 10 lbs. and had another in
the same class break off.
With the passing of this
week, many limits of Bream
were taken off beds. Some new-
comers ask were they supposed
to fish the stumps, the ensure is
no, with the exception of Spring
Creek, stumps mean deep water.

Fly Rod Fishen has took a
turn for the better, White Flys
with Spider Legs seem to be the
gooduns. Limit catches was
made late in the week.
The past week had 2 impor-
tant dates to remember,
Tuesday, July 3rd, 1926, the US
Army Corps of Engineers was
founded. Now Friday the 6th,
1944 was D-Day at Normandy.
So many were lost that day and
for the next 120 days, each time
they fought a battle we lost
5,000 men. WWII Soldiers are
dieing off at the rate of 1,000 per
day now.
The moon is at Quarter this
day will be dark nites rite soon.
Fish should feed in the daytime,
let's hope.

Wingate's Fishing Report

Lake Surface Temp: 850

Lake Level: Down 8 inches

Flint: Pretty Green Color

Chattahoochee: Clear & Fast

Spring Creek: Clear & Slow

Report provided by: Jack
Wingate

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The pictures are, left, Lonnie Walsh of Coon Bottom with her winning big fish from the Talquin Hookers Tournament held on
Saturday out of Wingate's, and, right, second place winner, Sarah Dunn of same tournament with her two nice bass.

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Scenes from around Gadsden on the Fourth of July

Photos by Leslie Roberts

Right, spectators at the 32nd
annual Greensboro Kiwanis
Fourth of July celebration
included Gadsden County
Schools Superintendent
Reginald James. The day's fes-
tivities kicked off at 7:30 a.m.
with a 5,000-meter race and
walk, followed by a 10 a.m. fun
run and bike race and an 11
a.m. watermelon-eating contest.
Below right, Chattahoochee's
Fourth of July fireworks
sparkled over the Apalachicola
River dazzling the crowd gath-
ered on its shores at River
Landing Park. The fireworks'
thunderous booms set off sever-
al car alarms. Below, Skydivers
from the Quincy Airport-based
School of Human Flight
dropped in on the crowd gath-
ered at the West Gadsden
County High School football
field for Fourth of July festivi-
ties. Marcus Rothberg, Stewart
Ducey and Phil Curtis floated to
the field from a plane piloted by
Dennis Matthews.

Dear Gadsden, Liberty, Wakulla & Calhoun
County Residents,
Three years ago I obtained my Florida
Dealer's License due to the frustration of
shopping for a used car. The following
three things made car shopping a big
headache for me:
*Haggling for the best price
*Having to come UP with $2000 to $3000
for a down Payment, taxes, title and tag

*Paying someone a $5000 $6000 profit
on a $10,000 automobile.
Here's what we've done at Direct
Automotive Wholesale:'
*All vehicles are priced at the "Loan
Value*, which is the price credit unions and
banks will loan you on this vehicle.
*We require NO DOWN PAYMENT on any
of our vehicles. We can even help with your
taxes and tag most of the time.

*At LOAN VALUE, we make a small profit
and you get a great deal!
The best part is we have family on the
lot, NOT HIGH PRESSURE SALES PEOPLE.
If you don't see the car of your dreams in
this ad, call us. We'll get you pre-approved,
tell you what it will cost and buy it for you.
We appreciate your supporting us. Come
by or call.

By LESLIE ROBERTS tlis," Rolax said. "This is the
Tinies News Editor one I fell ih love with. An older
lhdy,, a friend I made in m.
Mana Pqucher made it the community, taught me how to
exq ,site yo yo quilt that mnk~it."
graced a table at the historic Rolax spent 10 years making
Dezell House July 4, the quilt, never worrying about .
It was a gift for her the time it took to complete it. ,
granddaughter, Amber Rabon, "I'd work on the quilt %while
and one of several stunning my husband was watching
examples of local sports. I wasn't in a hurry it
craftsmanship on display at the was my pacifier," she said.
West ..Gadsden Historical "This is an heirloom quilt, and
Society's third annual open I made it for my daughter.'"
house and quilt show. Formed in June of 2004, the .
.-You,- Quldn't buy it for Historical Society secured as
under $500," said Lynn headquarters the Dezell House *
Poucher of the yo yo quilt. in Greensboro in October of : -
made for her daughter by her that same year. '
mother-in-law. Plans are to make it a : ...
Every quilt tells a story one museum, and the group's 180
on display employed drawings or so members are workingg to' j,
made by the quilter's children, secure funds. to bring that ,
another, made by Amanda dream to fruition as well as ..,
Rolax Eady, keeps alive. a. 'upgrade- the Greensboro train .4
historic tradition she lear'nc1Iedo:,ep. Th-e organization .also: .'
as a young recently added'.,-
woman e three At iiiandfa Roiaxi dywi her Cthedral quilt, which took
from an lifetime 10 years to make. (All photosby Leslie Roberts)

older lady
in her
community.. .
Called a .... ,
Cathedral
quilt, the -
queen-sized
quilt
includes
"windows" through which one
can .slide a finger. Eady's.
father, Pierce Sonboy Rolax.
wasfthe .oini ty'sfirst black bus
driver': lier other. Miss Mae
Rolax, was a long-time teacher
at Salem Elementary School.
"You go a long way back
when ypoup 1 at a quilt like
y -:'. A'.

memoers, o-.
its roster;
SKay .Dais -
Lay,
organizers of
Barn Day
and avid
history.
I ^ buff: ShirleyT.
Clark. and Eva Mae Peters-,:
Lifetime membership is
available for a donation of
$500.
Despite the fact that this-
)ear's open house was iot'
quite as busy as last year's,
sales of raffle tickets for a
quilt made by Eva Mae Peters,

For more information about the
West Gadsden Historical Society, or to
purchase a cookbook, t-shirt or print
of the Dezell House or the
Greensboro train depot, call Lynn
Poucher
at 442-6434.

a- cookbook compiled by the
society that contains not only
heirloom recipes but a history
of Gadsden County as well,
prints drawn by Mary Barber
Cox and t-shirts netted a

sizable sum, Poucher said.
"It went pretty well. It wasn't
as busy as last -year, but we
took in a good bit of money."
she said.
Premier Bank President
Bruce Rowan won the quilt;
Poucher delivered it to him
Thursday morning.
The society has applied for
several grants to help with the
remodeling of the Dezell
House and the train depot;
they should find out whether
they will get the grants in
September or October,
Poucher said.

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Murray, Oddie L.

Williams, Isacc Jr.

Quincy District Church School Convention held

Oddie Lee Murray, 52, of
Gretna died on July 1, 2007 in
Quincy, Florida. The services
were held on July 7, 2007 at 2
p.m. at St. Stephens Primitive
Baptist Church with burial at St.
Paul Cemetery. The family
received visitors on Friday, July
6th and 7th from 3 p.m. to 8
p.m. at Bradwell Mortuary.
Services were officiated by Rev.
Harry Cloud'.
He was born on January 1,
1955 in Quincy, Florida to Noah
and Minnie Lee Murray. He was
married to Betty J. Murray on
August 17, 1974; he was
employed as a carpenter and
affiliated with Mitchell's
Weldon Construction.
He is survived by his wife,
Betty J. Murray of Quincy; son,
Rochelle Murray (Latorria) of
Quincy; daughters, Denise
Murray (Derrick) of Quincy and
Quinesia Murray of Quincy;
brothers Homer Reese of
Gretna, Charles Reese (Sarah)
of Gretna, Noah Murray, Jr.
(Mary) of Gretna, Eddie Murray
(Stella) of Quincy, Bobby
Murray (Karisha) of Quincy;
sisters, Helen M. Stephens
(Marcus) of Gretna and Rose
Williams of Quincy; five grand-
children. He was preceded in
death by his father Noah Murray
and mother Minnie Murray;
brother, Tony Reese; sisters
Heneretta Murray and Mary
Ella Murray.

'l/Mortuary
Qyincym, 'F

Flournoy, Milton C.

Milton Clyde Floumoy, LCDR,
USN, (ret), 97 of Quincy,
Florida died July 6, 2007 at his
home in Quincy. Milton joined
the Navy i '1932 a'daTilr and
retired as Lt. Commander after
28 years. He also established
and operated Idle Wild Fish
Camp on Lake Talquin. Services
were held on Sunday, July 8,
2007 at Graveside at Hillcrest
Cemetery with Military Honors.
The family received visitors on-
Saturday, July 7, 2007 from
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the
home of Steve and Annette
Flournoy.
He is survived by his sons and
daughter-in-laws, Robert and
Nancy Flournoy of Quincy and
Steve and Anpette Flournoy.of
Quincy; daughters and son- in-
law: Janice and Walter Maxwell
of Quincy and Adelaide Lockett
of Jacksonville, Fla.; seven
great grandchildren and fifteen
great- grandchildren. LCDR
Flournoy was a very avid
Hunter and Fisherman but his
greatest love was his family and
his late wife, Anna. He also
enjoyed his Navy service having
seen duty in WWII and Korea
with the Medical Corp.

I donate blood because I
know that my donation will
help save a life. it makes me
feel good to give. I visit this
area often and donate here
every time I can.
-Angela from Naples

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Isacc Williams, Jr. 52, died on
June 30, 2007 in Tallahassee,
Florida. Services were held on
July 7, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the
St. John P.B. Church in Midway
with burial at the Williams'
Family Cemetery. The family
received visitors on July 6, 2007
from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Bradwell
Mortuary.
He was survived by his wife, Inez
Holloway Williams of Quincy,
Florida; sons, Denell Williams,
Adam Williams, and Phillip
Williams, all of Chattahoochee;
daughters, Inez Williams of
Tallahassee, Kim Williams of
Chattahoochee, and Tameron
Matthews (Chris) of Kentucky;
sisters, Belinda A. Edwards of
Midway, Evelyn D. Williams
(James) of Tallahassee, Covether
L. Williams (Gene) of
Jacksonville, Christine V. McGriff
(Larry) of Midway, Mirion A.
Butler (Charles) of Havana and
Marva Williams Bates (Vemor) of
Tallahassee; brothers, Shelton
Price (Shereta), Curtis Williams of
Massachusetts, Marcus A.
Williams (Tarika) of Tallahassee,
Eric F. Williams (Kelly) of
Tallahassee, Maurice Williams
(Linda) of Las Vegas, Nevada,
Brian Williams of Tallahassee,
Kenneth Parramore (Michelle) of
Atlanta, Ga.; stepmothers, Annie
Doris Williams of Midway and
Lillian Jackson Battles of Quincy.

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Greene, Van T. Sr.

Van T. Greene, Sr., 72, of
Tallahassee, Florida died July 7,.
2007 in Tallahassee. The services
were held on Tuesday, July 10,
201.? at Graveside'at the Greene
Cemetery in Crawfotdville. The
family. received visitors on
Monday, July 9, 2007 from 6:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Charles
McClellan Funeral Home in
Quincy.
He is survived.by his son, Van T.
Greene, Jr. of Tallahassee; daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Vanessa and
Hank Hall; former wife, Mattie
Sadberry Greene of Tallahassee;
grandchildren, Jake, Brooke and
Jett Hall of Tallahassee; brothers,
Thomas Greene, Jr. of Marianna,
Fla. and Harlan Greene of
Crawfordville; sisters, Willow
Greene Ladd of Crawfordville and
Martha Greene Connell of
Tallahassee, Fla.

The Quincy District Church
School Convention was June 6-
8, 2007 at St. Hebron African
Methodist Episcopal Church,
Quincy, FL, Rev. Clifton Riley,
Host Pastor, Rev. O. C.
Williams, Presiding Elder and
Brother Richard Taylor, District
Superintendent.
Wednesday, June 6th ,5:00
p.m. Youth Officers and six
(6) Marshals were elected.
Registration packets were dis-
seminated to participants and
convention and chaperone
guidelines to include dress code
requirements were reviewed by
Superintendent Taylor.
Church School class teachers
were assigned as follows: Adult
Class Sister Yolanda Smith,
Senior Class Sis. Willie Mae
Long-Cobb, Intermediate Class,
Sister Palmer, and Brother
Harry Holt, Junior Class Sister
Sonja Mitchell, Primary Class,
Sister Karen Hall, and
Beginners Class, Sister Rosa
Robinson.
Church School Convention
Choir, Sister Cherry Best,
Minister of Music.
Youth Talent Show Director,
'Sister Sonja Mitchell.
Spelling Bee Co-Directors
were Sisters Patricia Taylor &
Lois McBride.
Opening Speaker Brother
Charles Flowers,- Licentiate
from Hebron AMEC. Scripture
Matthew 25: 31-40, Sermon
Title: "It's Time for Christian
Service." Brother Flowers stat-
ed it's a new day and God is
calling for all Christians to bring
children of all ages and back-
grounds to church and to take
back our communities and our
schools from drugs, alcohol and
poverty. We need to seriously
take a stand for Christian service
in all areas of our lives and this
world will be a better place.
Thursday, June 7th Church
school class attendance was
131.
Workshop Presenter: Capt.
Mary. Ivory, Gadsden County
Sheriff Department
Title: A Generation
Spaced/Crime Prevention. Capt.

Annual 100 Men and
Women in Black
Celebration

Elizabeth A.M.E. Church 2853
Lincoln Drive Bonnie Hill
Community Chattahoochee,
Florida 32324 will be hosting Our
Annual 100 Men and Women in
Black Celebration on July 15th at
3 p.m. Mark your calendars to join
us in this special occasion.

Ivory stressed the importance of
computer awareness and alerts.
She discussed My space, Tag,
and Face book, i.e., social net-
work also known as diary and
the risk and/or danger one takes
when using a computer. The
importance of being computer
literate when searching the web
and how teens are easy targets
for sexual predators, the loss of
privacy, harassment, identity
theft, fishing, spam emails and
the do's and don't when using a
computer.
Noon Speaker: Rev. Toni
Hansberry, from Jacksonville,
FL. Scripture: Matthew 26:27.
Sermon Title: It's What's in. the
Cup That Matters. R e.
Hansberry stated everyone
wants to be blessed and bless-
ings come from 'God, therefore
we need to be careful what we
.ask for and what we do He
spoke to various types of bless-
ings both public and private.
Workshop II: Knowing Who
You Are in Today's Changing
World, Presenter: Sister Lillie S.
Jackson. Sister Jackson stated
our youth need to identify them-
selves because God has the mas-
ter plan for us all. She also stat-
ed it's alright to be different and
the Bible is the number one
book of all times and we should
-apply it to the teaching in our
lives and the importance of
being yourself. She also gave
the ABC's of being and living a
positive life and stressed the
importance of dedicating our-
selves to God and to stop trying
to change God's word.
Workshop III: Trouble Fee:
Signs of the Times, Presenter
Rev. Owens
Rev. Owens stated we should
not succumb to the temptations
in the world, instead spread the
word of God. We must love our-
selves before we can love our
Neighbors. Loving yourself
means respecting yourself..:
Evening Worship: Speaker'
Brother Orienthus J. "OJ" Hill,
Mayflower AMEC, Scripture:
Luke: 5:1-7. Brother Hill stated
God wants to move us to anoth-
er level and used the theme from

The Jeffersons sitcom as an
example of how to move up.
God has something better for us
because we are blessed and
highly favored. It doesn't matter
the size or location of your
church, God will come in and
show out. We must have God's
word in our heart and we are to
meditate on it daily. The word
gives you strength and power. In
order to move to the next level,
we must move from the shallow
to the deep then we can move
out of our comfort zone into a
better life where God wants us
to be.
Friday, June 8th Workshop:
Hosts for a Changing Society,
Presenter, Rev. Willie J. Brown.
(HOSTS Helping One Student
To Succeed) Rev. Brown stated
the greatest gift is one hour with
a child and we will be surprised
with the results. Parents should
instruct their children to turn off
the TV and read. We can do
math anywhere and anytime.
Read to them and with them.
The State of Florida gives
employees 3 hours to tutor chil-
dren at school, be a volunteer in
your local school. A mind is a
terrible thing to waste. Parents
need to be involved in their chil-
dren's lives. It takes a village to
raise a child. Every child is enti-
tled to the very best life has to
offer and parents need to do
their part.
Hour of Power: Sister Jena
Hicks, Title: Christian Service.
Sister Hicks stated parents need
to prepare children for the
future. People know you are a
.Christian by the way you live
and it is up to the adults because
children emulate your ways and
actions.
Workshop Church School
Legislation, Presenter, Brother
Billy Dickens, Assistant Church
School Superintendent
Tallahassee, District.
Spelling Bee Winners for
each age group as follows:
Grades K-2: 1st Preston,
Robinson, 2nd Kevin Hunter,
3rd Genesis Mitchell.

Brandon Breedlove.
Grades 6-8: 1st Cashus Harris,
2nd Amanda Gee, 3rd Krista
Kelly.
Grades 9-12: 1st Debra
McBride, 2nd Amaras Mock,
3rd Adrian Kelly
Thank you to Sisters Lois
McBride, Patricia Taylor, and
Charlotte Price for your assis-
tance with this event.
Talent Show: Sister Sonja
Mitchell, Director. Youth par-
ticipated in all age groups litur-
gical dance, soloist, musical
groups, instrumental (piano,
drums and cello). Everyone was
a winner.
Closing Service: Speaker,
Sister Ericka M. Gilliam New
St. John AMEC, Scripture:
Joshua 1:1-5, Title: A Charge to
Keep I Have. Sister Gilliam
stated if God be for us, who can
be against us. It is hard to be a
Christian these days because the
news thrives on sex, drugs,
music, idolism and money.
Scientist are discrediting the
Bible, therefore we must stand
up for what we believe. The
prize is not given to the swift but
to the one who endures to the
end. Remember the shoulders
of our ancestors upon which we
stand that have taught us and
brought us from a might long
way from Bible days Moses
leading the children out of
bondage to Harriet Tubman to
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.
Remember...with God's help all
'things are possible and we all,
have a charge to keep.
Certificates and awards were
presented by Superintendent
Taylor and the Church School
Resolution Committee present-
ed the resolution which was read
by Rev. Louisia Thomas and
adopted.
The pastors of the Quincy
District presented Sister Delores
Williams, First Lady of the.
-District with a- floral arrange-
ment and gifts. Closing remarks
and prayer by Presiding Elder O.
C. Williams.
Report submitted by Brandon
Lettinhand, delegate from Oak
Grove AMEC.

8442 for assistance.
O Lord my God, in thee do I trust;
save me from them that persecute
me, and deliver me. Psalms 7:1

Clothes Give Away

The Mattie Jones Women's
Missionary will be having a
clothes give away on Saturday,
July 14, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. at St. John A.M.E Church
located at 4445 Bainbridge Road,
Quincy, Florida 32352. Everyone
is welcomed to come.

verse of the weeEz:
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me they law graciously.
Psalm 119:29 (KJV)

That Fish was HUGE...
We've all heard that before, right. Yes I'm sure it was, it was just too bad it got
away. It's funny that everyone hates a liar yet
most everyone at one point or another will tell
a lie. Whether to avoid getting in trouble, help
a friend, avoid someone, or just to avoid the
NOj .) truth because of the. consequences. However
te Bible in the Ten Commandments tells us
." -' at we should not bear false witness, or in
; -. other words lie. In our verse today David's
..... I" yer is to remove him from the way of lying.
You see lying is an actual way or path we
would take in life; because once you tell one
lie you have to tell another so the cycle just
keeps rolling in the wrong direction. Then you
eventually become known as a "liar." "Oh
don't listen to her/him, they're a liar, they lie
.1'.," ^ --..--. out everything." Ever heard that before? So
'slt;a s' ~~~' ar best way to avoid having a reputation.of a
; ^la l is just not lie, right? That's right; If you do
Sng, just face the consequences. You can
rest ass'd that telling the trii an saving your character is worth a lot more in
the long run than avoiding the consequences, by lying ...._..._
FamEly TtiM.e Thit Weeek:
Play Truth of Dare this weLk as a Faumit, but make the truth questions up rronm the Bible
or use the questions from a Bible I'ri\via game.

The 1st Elizabeth MB Church
Sanctuary choir will be sponsor-
ing an appreciation program for
musician Minister Derek
Thomas on July 21st @ 6 p.m.
at the 1st Elizabeth MB Church,
Rev. Scott Pastor. The Guest
speaker will be pastor Valencia
Brinson and on the move for
Jesus ministers along with 2nd.
chance Gospel singers an others.
For more information contacts
Mary McLeRoy @ 627-8740 or
Sister Mary Bush Smith 875-
3644.

Blood Washed Ministries will
be having its Second Annual
"Ministering to the Ministers"
Conference on August 3rd at
7:30 p.m., and August 4th at
10:30 a.m. The' host church this
year will be Faith Apostolic
Christian Tabernacle, located
just South of Havana on US
Hwy 27, where Pastor Terry
Fitzgerald presides.
The theme for this year will be
"When YOUR EGYPT Pursues
You." Speakers will be Evan.
Sabrina Smith of Tallahassee,
Pastor .Cornelia Fransic of
Monticello, Min. Delton
Chambers of Tallahassee, Missn.
Jackie Thomas of Tallahassee,
Min. Terry Frost, Sr., of Atlanta
Ga., and Antwon Frost, Minister'
of Music for Rosedale, F.B.
Church of Chattahoochee, will
be the Psalmist for these servic-
es along with other invited
guests.
These women and men of God
will be speaking on Bondage
and Deliverance, Wilderness and
Provision, and to end it
all.....Declaration of Freedom.
You don't want to miss these
services. Registration is free,
and everyone is invited to come
out and be a part of this move of
God.
For more information, please
call Min. Darlene Frost-Penn at

(850)875-6859 or 922-7702.

Choir Union #3 to be
held at Union Chapel

Choir Union # 3 will be held at
Union Chapel in the Sawdust
Community on Sunday,
July 15th at 2:45 p.m. Deacon
Robert West president and Rev.
Carl L. Hill is the pastor.

Clothes/food give-away

On Saturday,:July 28th at 8 a.m.
at The Recreation Department
(Old National Guard Armory),
several area churches will be host-
ing a great clothes/food give-away.
This event is open and free to
everyone who is in need of food
and clothing. There will be cloth-
ing to fit from newborns to adult
men, women and children (boys
and girls). There will be many nice
items to choose from. There will
be shoes, belts, sweaters, pants,
shirts, blouses, Sunday clothes as
well as causal clothes. Please come
and shop freely until items are all
gone. If you know of someone
who is need, tell them or bring
them to this wonderful event,
which is given in a vision by God.
You Do Not need to bring any
money because everything is
FREE. Hope to see you on
Saturday, July 28th from 8 a.m.
until 2 p.m. if you have any ques-
tions please contact Geraldine
Rush at 627-2153.

The Reverend Helen L. Johnson-
Robinson, pastor of Bethel African
Methodist Episcopal Church in
Monticello, was the guest Preacher
for Greater Tanner Chapel AME
Church Cbmbined Stewardess
Boards on July 8th at 3:30 p.m.

The Atlantic humcane season begins each year on June 1
and lasts until November 31 This is the period of the yearthat
S -' we are most likely to see an Atlantic hurricane; however, there
is no guarantee that a hurncane would not occur shortly
before or after these dates Other parts of the world also have
similar storm seasons These seasons occur during different
parts of the year, and the storms are called typhoons or
cyclones. Typhoons and cyclones are also hurricanes, but they have different names that indicate in
which region of the world they are occurring. Hurricanes originate in the North Atlantic Ocean and parts
of the Pacific Ocean, and they move toward the eastern side of North and South America. Hurricanes
can also occur on the west coast of the United States. Some hurricane seasons are mild, and some
seasons bring many storms The 2005 season broke records; there were 28 tropical storms in total.
Seven of those storms were major hurricanes, which created catastrophic damage to parts of the U.S.
A hurricane is a large storm that forms in the ocean and tums in a counter-clockwise motion around
an eye. Inside the eye of the s:orm, there is no activity. It:s around the eye that the high winds and
rains occur. Specialized, weather-service airplanes are able to fly into the eye of the storm and
measure the hurricane's pressure. The pressure, which is measured in millibars, is a key component
of the storm's strength. Knowing this information helps meteorologists to predict the storms path and 4| ACR f CLU iS
possible time and place of landfall. The lower the pressure of a storm, the more severe it will be at 14. Atyphoon that occurs in the Atlantic.
landfall. The severity of a hurricane is measured by the Saffir-Simpson scale. The scale ranges from 7. The calm part of a hurricane.
one to five, with one being the weakest with winds at 75 miles an hour. A category five is the strongest 9. A hurricane rotates -clockwise.
with winds as fast as 155 miles per hour or more Hurricanes, no matter what category on the scale, 10 Unit used to measure pressure
are dangerous due to not only the wind speeds, but the surge of water brought with the storm All DO'W wnc L /t I
hurricanes should be taken seriously! 1. An increase in the water leve
There are many things that you can do to prepare for hurricane season. Stocking up on important 2. These are at least 75 mph.
items, such as bottled water, canned goods, flash lights, and batteries, will help in the event that you 3. You should always have these for your n
lose power during or after a hurricane. A battery-powered radio is also an important item to have in 5 What you do if you are forced to leave.
order to hear regular updates from your local officials dunng and after the storm Perhaps the most 6 What category are 155 mph winds
important thing to have in place for an emergency that you and your family may face in the future is a 8. What category are 75 mph winds?
plan. Know who will be in charge of what, where you will go, and what you will take with you. in the
event a hurricane occurs in your area If you do have to evacuate, know exactly who will be going with i
you and where you will go before the storm is close to your area This way you can get to safety much Did you know that Hurricane Katnna,
faster and more efficiently. Knowing your family's plan in advance will help you stay calm, organized, which hit in August 2005, is the deadliest
and safe during the storm. Category 5 & most costly on record to date? It struck
AHmA WUIrI M ATr rM Hrrcn ana the coasts of Alabama, Mississippi, &
LOK HSolve the mh F i Louisiana, causing over 81 billion dollars
Solve the math problems below. in damage. It is pictured on the left

Circle the hurricane
tracking chart below
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Look who's 1

Aaliyah Lashaye Jackson, born
July 12, 2006, will be celebrating
her first birthday on July 14,
2007 with a party.
Aaliyah is the daughter of
Lashanna Mitchell and
Christopher Jackson. Her
maternal grandparents are Willie
and Carolyn Mitchell; her
paternal grandparents are Willie
and Jackie Jackson and Richard
and Idella Green.

The Mack Hill Scholarship
Committee will hold its monthly
meeting at 3 p.m., Sunday, July
15 at New Bethel Multi-Purpose
Building across from UrgentCare
on Highway 90 East. All
committee members are urged to
attend.
All people who are interested in
joining this organization, please
feel free to attend, or if you have
any questions please contact
Marzell at 559-0845 or Carolyn
at 627-1058.
This is an important meeting to
discuss the first annual Mack Lee
Hill Banquet to be held at 6 p.m.,
Aug. 11 at the New Bethel Multi-
Purpose Building.
Tickets are $15 per person or
$25 a couple and may be
purchased from committee
members. Dinner will be
provided. This is a semi-formal
affair. If you would like to make
a contribution to the scholarship
fund you may do so at the:
Capital City Bank, c/o Mack Hill
Scholarship Fund, 4 E.
Washington St., Quincy, FL
32351.

David Buggs, Sr. turns 100

It's a birthday celebration! The
family of David Buggs Sr. will be
celebrating with him his 100th
year birthday. He was born on
July 26, 1907. He will have a
birthday celebration on July 21,
2007 at 3 p.m. at the Carver
Heights Senior Citizen Center in
Havana. The public is more than
welcome to come by and help
celebrate and wish him many

more birthdays to come. David is
also the uncle of Dr. Harold
Henderson, the late Mattie
Daniels and the late Rev. William
Maxwell, Sr. For more
information you may contact
Daisy Butler at (850) 539-3419,
Danielle Bugs at (850) 575-9155,
Willie Buggs at (850) 576-3095
or Carolyn Hinson at (850) 539-
4038.

David Harvey (Wakulla County)
passes the office of Immediate
Past Chairperson to Wilmarie
Gilbert (Madison County).
Apalachee Center is a private,
not-for-profit behavioral
healthcare organization offering a
comprehensive range of mental
health services, which has been
fully accredited by JCAHO since
1981.

Shanks class of 1998 meeting

Mack Lee Hill
Mack Lee Hill

C-P Class of 1957 holds 50th Class Reunion

There will be a class meeting
for 1998 graduates of James A.
Shanks High School, Quincy
Educational Center and Gadsden
Technical Institute at 6 p.m.,
Saturday, July 28, at 815 Selman
Road, Quincy.

Please log on to
www.freewebbs.com/1998forlife
for more information about our
10-year class reunion plans or
contract Ronte' Harris at (850)
879-2531 or Robin Jackson at
(850) 627-6077.

The 1957 Class of Carter
Parramore High celebrated their
50th reunion at the Campbell-
Kelly Center, June 29.-30. The
fellowship service was held June
29, 2007. The memorial service
was held at Antioch M.B. Church
on June 30, 2007 at 11 a.m.
The banquet was held at
Campbell Kelly Center on June
30, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. The
Speaker, for the occasion was
Rev. Matthew J. Bryant, pastor of
'St. John A.M.E. Church .
The out of town classmates
were: Idellla Armstead, Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla., Hosea Thomas,
Las Vegas, Nevada, Deloris
Banks, Atlanta, Ga., Woodrow
Fennell, Sacramento, Calif.,
Edward Johnson, Seneca, S. C.,
'Joan Bowens, Baltimore, Md.,
Willie Sweet, Tampa, Eddie
Parker, St. Petersburg, Jimmie
Hill, Hartsford, Ct., Betty Davis,
St. Petersburg, and James Giant,
Tallahassee.

Williams

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GTI nursing graduation

The Gadsden Technical Institute is pleased to announce the
graduation of our 2007 practical nursing students. The Capping,
Pinning, Lighting and Graduation Ceremony will be held at East
Gadsden .High School (Cafetorium), 27001 Blue Star Memorial
Highway, Havana on Friday, July 13 at 6 p.m.
The public is invited.

Gadsden Pace EH meeting

Gadsden County Pace EH meeting July 16, 2007 in Gretna from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. at Gretna City Hall. For more information please call
Doris Milton at Environmental Health Section of the Gadsden County
Health Department at (850) 875-7223 ext. 414 or e-mail at
doris_miltonedoh.state.fl.us

SOFAS

invited to M*269y

Poetry

Convention

Mr. Waraire D. Williams has
been invited to attend the 15th to mat~ c every b6tyle
Sofa & Lotwsea Shown 510t9.5
Annual Poetry Convention, to be ofa & $ .
honored as a famous poet for the
year of 2007. He will also be
awarded the Gold Medal of
Excellence for his poem, "The
Walk in Darkness." The Poetry E0 0
Convention has also invited Mr.
Williams to make a guest
appearance on their new
television show, directed by Mr.
Tim White. He would like to
send a sincere thank you to his Subscribe to the
family, church members, and all
other supporters. Times TODAY!
Mr. Waraire D. Williams is the
grandson of. the late Clementine
and Jessie Nealy, Sr. and the late
Sadie R.L. Williams. He is the
son of the late Michael Lee 627-7649
Williams and Elouise Nealy.

lust think, you're her not by chance, but by
God's choosing. His hand forced you and
made you the person you are. He compares
you to no one else you air one of a kind.
You lack nothing that His grace can't give
you. He has allowed you to be here at this
time in history to fulfill His special purpose
for this generation.

Class of 1971 program for Rev. Robert Smith

SThe James A. 'Shanks Class of
'71 will be sponsoring a program
of appreciation and love for our
classmate Rev. Robert "Spider"
Smith. We feel that it is necessary
to do this program in his honor.
Robert has always been helpful
with church, class and his
community in all his endeavors.
Robert isn't able to'journey back
and fornh'as he has done in the
past for tnlth reason, so we feel.

it is necessary to give him a
program. We are asking for the
church, the classmates, and the
community to come together and
show him some love and
appreciation. So our class has
planned a program in his honor,
on Saturday, July 21st at 5 p.m. at
Antioch M.B. Church 1007 W.
Clark St. For further information
\ou m.i contact Vipla Brown at
875-1327.

Shanks Class of 1977 30th year reunion

We are eager to announce the
James A. Shanks Class of 1977
will be having its 30th year
class. reunion Aug. 31 through
Sept.. 2.
The Reunion .Theme is: 30
Fruitful Years of Growing,
Inspiring and Leading. Reunion
costs are: $150 per classmates
and $225 per couple for
classmates married within the
class.
The deadline to pay reunion

fees is Saturday, Aug. 18. A
follow up meeting will be held
on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 5
p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of
Antioch MB Church 1003 W.
Clark St., Quincy, Fla.
Please feel free to contact
Alvin Wells at 627-4435 Ruby
Smith-Ellison at 627-2434
Geraldine Smith-Harrison at
627-2260 or Cassandra Faye
Singleton at 627-6754 for more
information.

Brides!
Have your registry with Padgett's
no gifts from your Uncle Fred!

Notice is hereby given to all concerned
that the City Commission of the City of
Quincy, Florida, intends, at a meeting in
the City Hall in Quincy, Florida, at 6:00
p.m. on the 14th day of August, A.D. 2007,
to consider the enactment of the following
proposed ordinance entitled:

Such ordinance may be inspected by the public at the
office of the City Clerk in the City Hall in such City.
Interested parties may appear at the meeting and be
heard with respect to the proposed ordinance.
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by
the Commission with respect to any matter considered
at such meeting or hearing, he will need a record of the
proceedings, and for such purpose, he may need to
insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is
made, which record includes the testimony and evi-
dence upon which the appeal is to be heard.

This 6th day of July, A.D. 2007.
Sylvia Hicks, City Clerk
07/12/07c

LEGALS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE SECOND
JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR
-GADSDEN COUNTY,
FLORIDA
Case No.:07000801CAA

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that
an action to quiet title to
the following property in
GADSDEN COUNTY,
Florida:

See Exhibit "A" Attached
Shas been filed against you
-and you are required to
serve a copy of your
written defenses, if any, to
it on Curtis B. Hunter,
SPlaintiff's attorney, whose
address is 2618
Centennial Place,
Tallahassee, Florida
32308, on or before
August 4, 2007, and file
the original with the clerk
of this court either before
service on Plaintiff's
attorney or immediately
thereafter; otherwise a
default will be entered
against you for the relief
demanded in the
complaint or petition.
Dated the 27th day of
June, 2007.

NICHOLAS THOMAS
Clerk of the Court

(SEAL)
By: Cynthia Daniels
Deputy Clerk

EXHIBIT "A"
Begin at the Northwest
corner of Hannah
Bradwell's land, run South
'22 degrees East, 600
yards to Frank Mims
Northwest comer, thence
North 65 degrees East,
790 yards to stake X,
thence run North 25
degrees West along W.H.
Jenkins land line to stake
X, 605 yards, thence run
South 64 degrees West
795 yards to the Point of
Beginning, containing 98
5/6 acres, more or less.

LESS AND EXCEPT:
A strip or parcel of land
350 feet wide across the
South side of lands.
formerly belonging to Ben
Bradwell, lying between
the said Ben Bradwell's
West boundary line and
the "Seventy" (70) line of
the West Florida Power
Company and more
particularly described as
follows: Begin at the
Northwest corner of Frank
Mims land, and run
Easterly along Northern
boundary line of said
Frank Mims land, 1245
feet, more or less, to the
Seventy (70) line of the
West Florida Power
Company, thence
Northerly along said
Seventy (70) line 350 feet,
thence Westerly parallel to
the said Frank Mims North
boundary line 1245 feet,
more or less to the
Seventy (70) line. of the
Est Florida Power
Company, thence
Northerly along said
Seventy (70) line, 350
feet, thence Westerly
parallel to the said Frank.
Mims North boundary line
Twelve Hundred forty-five
(1245) feet, more or less,
to the West boundary line
of the said Ben Bradwell's
land, thence Southerly
along said West boundary
line 350 feet to the Point
of Beginning, containing
ten (10) acres, more or
less. All of said lands
situate, lying and being in
the. County of Gadsden,
State of Florida.

That part conveyed per
O.R. Book 10, page 181,
containing 1 acre more or
less.

Commence at a Terra-
Cotta monument known as
being South 05 degrees
49 minutes 20 seconds
West 1745.4 feet from the
Northwest Corner of Lot
number 76 of Moneil's
Little River Survey of the
Forbes Purchase in
Gadsden County, Florida,
and run: South 53 degrees
39 minutes 22 seconds
West 49.86 feet to the
centerline of State Road
Number 65-C, said point
lying on a curve concave
to the Southwesterly, the
Southeasterly along said
centerline curve with a
radius of 4583.75 feet
through a central angle of
08 degrees 38 minutes 57
seconds for an arc
distance of 691.95 feet
(chord of said arc bears
South 32 degrees 01
minutes 08 seconds East
691.31 feet) to the Point of
Tangency, then South 27
degrees 41 minutes 40
seconds East 927.41 feet
along said centerline, then
leaving said centerline run
then North 62 degrees 49

minutes 50 second
50.15 feet to the
Right-of-Way bou
said State Roa
point being a
curve to the le
southeasterly alo
Easterly Righ
boundary and sa
with a radius of 1
feet through a
angle of 00'deg
minutes 18 second
arc distance of 3
(chord of- said a
South 27 degr
minutes 34 secor
31.41 feet) to a
monument and the
OF BEGINNING
said POINT
BEGINNING run
degrees 28 min
seconds East (B
BASE) along an c
line and it's p
thereof 1565.17 f
iron bar, then
North 69 degr
minutes 51 secor
7.0 feet to
Southwesterly ed
creek. Then N
degrees 45 min
seconds West ali
Southwesterly ed
feet, Then leavi
Southwesterly ed
South 71 degr
minutes 49 second
7.0 feet to an .i
Then continue S
degrees 44 min
seconds West 176
to an iron bar, Thi
73 degrees 53 mi
seconds West 235
to an iron bar, The
78 degrees 43 mi
seconds West 290
to an iron bar, Th'
81 degrees 12 mi
seconds West 49;
to an iron bar, The
85 degrees 55 mil
seconds West 76
to an iron bar, The
74 degrees 12 mil
seconds West 466
to an iron bar
Northeasterly b
line of said State F
C, Then South 27
41 minutes 40
East along
Northeasterly b
line 459.44 fee
concrete m
marking the P
Curvature for a
the left,
Southeasterly alo
Northeasterly b
line curve concav
Northeast having
of 17,138.80 fee
central angle
degrees 06 min
seconds an arc I
31.41 feet (chord
arc bears Sot
degrees 45 min
seconds East 31.4
the POINT
BEGINNING; co
4.94 acres, more o
7/5,7/12,7/19,7/26

IN THE CIRCUIT
OF THE S
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR GA
COUNTY, FLORID

CASE NO.2007-43

WELLS FARGi
NA,
Plaintiff,

vs.

GEORGE
COAKER, et al,
Defendant(s)

NOTICE

0

nds East
Easterly

FORECLOSURE SALE

ndary of NOTICE IS HEREBY
id, said GIVEN pursuant to a Final
point of Judgment of Mortgage
aft, then Foreclosure dated June
Ing said 18, 2007 and entered in
it-of-Way Case No. 2007-436-CA-A
:id curve of the Circuit Court of the
7,138.80 SECOND Judicial Circuit
central in and for GADSDEN
agrees 06 County, Florida wherein
ds for an WELLS FARGO BANK,
1.41 feet NA, is the Plaintiff and
rc bears GEORGE ROYCE
ees 45 COAKER; RICHARD
nds East SCHREFFLER; are the
concrete Defendants, I will sell to
e POINT the highest and best
i. From bidder for cash at
OF SOUTHSIDE STEPS OF
north 69, THE GADSDEN COUNTY
utes 51 COURTHOUSE at
EARING 11:00AM, on the 1st day
ld fence of August, 2007, the
projection following described
eet to an property as set forth in
continue said Final Judgment:
ees 29 LOT 8, BLOCK "B",
nds East SPRINGBROOK FARMS
S the SUBDIVISION,
ge of a (UNRECORDED):
lorth 17 COMMENCE AT THE
utes 39 NORTHWEST CORNER
ong said OF SECTION 12,
ge 6.89 TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH,
ng said RANGE 2 WEST,
dge run GADSDSEN COUNTY,
ees 44 FLORIDA, AND RUN
ids West THENCE SOUTH 00
ron bar, DEGREES 28 MINUTES
iouth 71. 45 SECONDS WEST
utes 49 300.72 FEET TO THE
6.52 feet POINT OF BEGINNING.
en South FROM. SAID POINT OF
nutes 33 BEGINNING CONTINUE
5.97 feet THENCE SOUTH 00
en South DEGREES 28 MINUTES
nutes 53 45 SECONDS WEST
0.21 feet 569.30 FEET; THENCE
en South EAST 388.76 FEET;
nutes 26 THENCE NORTH 560.31
3.59 feet FEET; THENCE NORTH
en North' 88 DEGREEES 38
nutes 46 MINUTES 42 SECONDS.
i.24 feet WEST 384.10 FEET TO
en North THE POINT OF
nutes 14 BEGINNING.
6.83 feet SUBJECT TO A 60 FOOT
on the ROADWAY EASEMENT
boundary AND A 50.00 FOOT
Road 65- RADIUS CUL-DE-SAC
degrees FOR THE PURPOSE OF
seconds INGRESS, EGRESS AND
said UTILITIES OVER AND
boundary ACROSS THE
t to a NORTHERLY PORTION
monument THEREOF; AND. THE
'oint of EASTERLY 7.5 FEET
curve to THE SOUTHERLY 15.00
Then FEET THEREOF BEING
Ing said SUBJECT TO DRAINAGE
boundary EASEMENTS.
e to the LESS AND EXCEPT THE
a radius NORTH 2.30 ACRES OF
t and a LOT 8, BLOCK "B" OF
of 00 SPRINGBROOK FARMS
utes 18 SUBDIVISION, BEING
ength of MORE PARTICULARLY
of said DESCRIBED AS
uth 27 FOLLOWS:- COMMENCE
utes 34 AT A FOUND
41 feet to CONCRETE MONUMENT
OF MARKING THE
containing NORTHWEST CORNER
r less. OF SECTION 12,
-07 TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH,
RANGE 2 WEST,
COURT GADSDEN COUNTY,
SECOND FLORIDA, AND RUN
T THENCE SOUTH 00
ADSDEN DEGREES 28 MINUTES
)A 45 SECONDS WEST
ALONG THE WEST
36-CA-A BOUNDARY OF SAID,
SECTION 12 A
BANK, DISTANCE OF 301.13
FEET TO A FOUND 1/2"
IRON PIPE MARKING
THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF SAID LOT 8
BLOCK "B" FOR THE
ROYCE POINT OF BEGINNING.
FROM SAID POINT OF
BEGINNING CONTINUE
SOUTH 00 DEGREES 28
OF MINUTES 45 SECONDS

WEST ALONG SAID
SECTION LINE A
DISTANCE OF 260.58
FEET TO A SET IRON
PIN WITH CAP LB#732
THENCE LEAVING SAID
SECTION LINE RUN
THENCE SOUTH 88
DEGREES 33 MINUTES
41 SECONDS EAST A
DISTANCE OF 386.21
FEET TO A SET IRON
PIN WITH CAP LB#732
LYING ON THE EAST
BOUNDARY OF SAID
LOT 8, BLOCK "B",
THENCE NORTH ALONG
SAID EAST BOUNDARY
A DISTANCE OF 260.62
FEET TO A SET IRON
PIN WITH CAP LB#732
MARKING THE
NORTHEAST CORNER
,OF SAID LOT 8, BLOCK
"B", THENCE NORTH 88
DEGREES 33 MINUTES
40 SECONDS WEST
ALONG THE NORTH
BOUNDARY OF SAID
LOT 8, BLOCK "B" A
DISTANCE OF 384.10
FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.
TOGETHER WITH AND
SUBJECT TO A NON-
EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT
FOR INGRESS AND
EGRESS BEING MORE
PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
COMMENCE AT A
FOUND CONCRETE.
MONUMENT MARKING
THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF SECTION
12, TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH
RANGE 2 WEST,
GADSDEN COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AND RUN
THENCE SOUTH 00
DEGREES 28 MINUTES
45 SECONDS WEST
ALONG THE WEST
BOUNDARY OF SAID
SECTION 12 A
DISTANCE OF 561.71
FEET TO A SET IRON
PIN WITH CAP LB#732,
THENCE LEAVING SAID
SECTION LINE RUN
THENCE SOUTH 88
DEGREES 33 MINUTES
41 SECONDS EAST A
DISTANCE OF 234.50
FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING. FROM SAID
POINT OF BEGINNING
CONTINUE SOUTH 88
DEGREES 33 MINUTES
41 SECONDS EAST A
DISTANCE OF 22.13
FEET, TO A POINT
MARKING A POINT
CONCAVE TO THE
EASTERLY, THENCE
NORTHEASTERLY
ALONG SAID CURVE
WITH A RADIUS OF
128.01 FEET, THROUGH
A CENTRAL ANGLE OF
73 DEGREES 01
MINUTES 08 SECONDS
FOR
AN ARC DISTANCE OF
163.14 FEET (THE
CHORD OF SAID ARC
BEING NORTH 10
DEGREES 33 MINUTES
46 SECONDS EAST A
DISTANCE OF 152.32
FEET), THENCE SOUTH
48 DEGREES 02
MINUTES 59 SECONDS
EAST A DISTANCE OF
4.98 FEET, THENCE
NORTH 41 DEGREES 57
MINUTES 01 SECONDS
EAST A DISTANCE OF
54.72 FEET, TO A POINT
OF
CURVE TO THE LEFT,
THENCE ALONG SAID
CURVE WITH A RADIUS
OF 89.51 FEET,
THROUGH A CENTRAL
ANGLE OF 25 DEGREES
16 MINUTES 55
SECONDS FOR AN ARC
DISTANCE OF 39.50
FEET (THE CHORD OF
SAID ARC BEING
NORTH 23 DEGREES 12
MINUTES 34 SECONDS
EAST A DISTANCE OF
39.18 FEET), TO A POINT
OF REVERSE CURVE,
THENCE ALONG SAID
REVERSE CURVE WITH
A RADIUS OF 24.52
FEET, THROUGH A
CENTRAL ANGLE OF 54
DEGREES 31 MINUTES
32 SECONDS FOR AN
ARC DISTANCE
OF 23.33 FEET (THE
CHORD OF SAID ARC

BEING NORTH. 28
"DEGREES 01 MINUTES
00 SECONDS EAST A
DISTANCE OF 22.46
FEET), THENCE NORTH
72 DEGREES 03
MINUTES 30 SECONDS
EAST A DISTANCE OF
37.22 FEET TO A POINT
ON THE EAST
BOUNDARY OF LOT 8,
BLOCK "B" OF
SPRINGBROOK FARMS
SUBDIVISION, THENCE
NORTH 2.96 FEET TO A
SET IRON PIN WITH CAP
LB#732 MARKING THE
NORTHEAST CORNER
OF SAID LOT 8, BLOCK
"B", THENCE NORTH 88
DEGREES 33 MINUTES
40 SECONDS WEST
ALONG THE NORTH
BOUNDARY OF SAID
LOT 8, BLOCK "B" A
DISTANCE OF 47.94
FEET, TO A POINT
LYING ON A CURVE
CONCAVE TO THE
SOUTHEASTERLY,
THENCE LEAVING SAID
NORTH BOUNDARY
RUN THENCE
SOUTHWESTERLY
ALONG SAID CURVE
WITH A RADIUS OF
44.52 FEET THROUGH A
CENTRAL ANGLE OF 50
DEGREES 04 MINUTES
39 SECONDS FOR AN
ARC DISTANCE OF 38.91
FEET (THE CHORD OF
SAID ARC BEING SOUTH
28 'DEGREES 27
MINUTES 48 SECONDS
WEST A DISTANCE OF
37.68 FEET), TO A POINT
OF REVERSE CURVE,
THENCE ALONG SAID
REVERSE CURVE WITH
A RADIUS OF 69.51
FEET, THROUGH A
CENTRAL ANGLE OF 23
DEGREES 20 MINUTES
25 SECONDS FOR
ANARC DISTANCE OF
28.32 FEET (THE CHORD
OF SAID ARC BEING
SOUTH 23 DEGREES 21
MINUTES 28 SECONDS
WEST A DISTANCE OF
28.12 FEET), THENCE
SOUTH 41 DEGREES 57
MINUTES 01 SECONDS
WEST A DISTANCE OF
53.58 FEET, THENCE
NORTH 48 DEGREES 02
MINUTES 59 SECONDS
WEST A DISTANCE OF
5.05 FEET TO A POINT
LYING ON A CURVE
CONCAVE TO .THE
SOUTHEASTERLY,
THENCE
SOUTHWESTERLY
ALONG SAID CURVE
WITH A RADIUS OF
148.01 FEET, THROUGH
A CENTRAL ANGLE OF
68 DEGREES 22
MINUTES 54 SECONDS
FOR AN ARC DISTANCE
OF 176.65 FEET (THE
CHORD OF SAID ARC
BEING SOUTH 12
DEGREES 11 MINUTES
16 SECONDS WEST A
DISTANCE OF 166.35
FEET) TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.
A/K/A 796
SPRINGBROOK ROAD,
HAVANA, FL 32333
Any person claiming an
interest in the surplus from
the sale,-if any, other than
the property owner as of
the date of the Lis
Pendens must file a claim
within sixty (60) days after
the sale.
WITNESS MY HAND and
the seal of this Court on
June 18, 2007.

Nicholas Thomas
Clerk of the Circuit Court

(SEAL)

By: Betty Sue Sadberry
Deputy Clerk
7/5,7/12

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE SECOND
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN
AND FOR GADSDEN
COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL
JURISDICTION DIVISION

Get a Good Job
In electronics, computers,
machine repair, and many
more. No experience nec-
essary, paid training with
full benefits. HS grads
ages 17-34, willing to relo-
cate, call 1-800-342-8123.

TRUSTEE
Plaintiff,

vs.

GEORGE EVANS, SR.;
JOYCE A. EVANS; ANY
AND ALL UNKNOWN
PARTIES CLAIMING BY,
THROUGH, UNDER, AND
AGAINST THE HEREIN
NAMED INDIVIDUAL
DEFENDANTS) WHO
ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE
DEAD OR ALIVE,
WHETHER. SAID
UNKNOWN PARTIES
MAY CLAIM AN
INTEREST AS SPOUSES,
HEIRS, DEVISEES,
GRANTEES OR OTHER
CLAIMANTS; JOHN DOE
AND JANE DOE AS
UNKNOWN TENANTS IN
POSSESSION
Defendantss,

NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN pursuant to a
.Summary Final
Judgement of Foreclosure
dated June 21, 2007
entered in Civil Case No.
07-273-CA-A of the Circuit
Court of the 2nd Judicial
Circuit in and for
, GADSDEN .County,
QUINCY, Florida at 11:00
a.m. on the 1st day of
August, 2007 the following
described property as set
fourth in said Summary
Final Judgement, to-wit:
COMMENCE AT A
CONCRETE MONUMENT
MARKING THE
NORTHWEST CORNER
OF SECTION 26,
TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH,
RANGE 4 WEST,
GARDEN COUNTY,
FLORIDA AND RUN;
THENCE NORTH 89
DEGREES 21 MINUTES
07 SECONDS EAST
178.57 FEET TO A
CONCRETE MONUMENT
(SET) ON THE
WESTERLY BOUNDARY
OF LANDS AS
DESCRIBED IN OFFICIAL
RECORDS BOOK 260,
PAGES 379-381, OF THE
PUBLIC RECORDS OF
SAID COUNTY;
THENCE SOUTH 00
DEGREES 55 MINUTES
17 SECONDS WEST
ALONG SAID WESTERLY
BOUNDARY A DISTANCE
OF 1294.89 FEET TO A
CONCRETE MONUMENT
(SET) ON AN OLD WIRE
FENCE, SAID POINT
MARKING THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF OF SAID LANDS;
THENCE NORTH 89
DEGREES 28 MINUTES
13 SECONDS EAST
ALONG SAID OLD WIRE
FENCE AND THE
SOUTHERLY
BOUNDARY OF SAID
LANDS A DISTANCE OF
727.55 FEET TO A
CONCRETE MONUMENT
(SET) FOR THE POINT
BEGINNING.
FROM SAID POINT OF
BEGINNING THENCE
CONTINUE NORTH 89
DEGREES'28 MINUTES
13 SECONDS EAST
150.00 FEET TO A
CONCRETE-MONUMENT
(SET)
THENCE SOUTH 00
DEGREES 31 MINUTES
47 SECONDS EAST
150.00 FEET TO A
CONCRETE MONUMENT
(SET) ON THE
NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-
WAY BOUNDARY OF
TALQUIN RESORTS
DRIVE (60.00 FOOT
RIGHT-OF-WAY);
THENCE SOUTH 89
DEGREES 28 MINUTES
13 SECONDS WEST
ALONG SAID
NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-
WAY BOUNDARY A
DISTANCE OF 150.00
FEET TO A CONCRETE
MONUMENT (SET);
THENCE NORTH 00
DEGREES 31 MINUTES
47 SECONDS WEST
150.00 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING.
TOGETHER WITH A 2004
DESTINY DOUBLEWIDE
MOBILE HOME, VIN #
D100256A AND
D100256B.
Any persons claiming an
interest in the surplus from
the sale, if any, other than
the property owner as of
the date of the lis
pendens, must file claim
within 60 days after the

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE SECOND
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN
AND FOR GADSDEN
COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL ACTION
BANK OF NEW YORK,
AS TRUSTEE FOR THE
CERTIFICATE HOLDERS
OF CWABS 2004-09,
Plaintiff,

vs.

CALVIN B. LAMOUTE, et
al,
Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HERBY
GIVEN pursuant to a Final
Judgment of Mortgage
Foreclosure dated June'
18,;2007 and entered in
Case No. 2007-332-CA-A
of the Circuit Court of the
SECOND Judicial Circuit
in and for GADSOEN
County, Florida wherein
BANK OF NEW YORK,
AS TRUSTEE FOR THE
CERTIFICATE HOLDERS
OF CWABS 2004-09, is
the Plaintiff and CALVIN
B. LAMOUTE; are the
Defendants, I will sell to
the highest and best
bidder for cash at
SOUTHSIDE STEPS OF
THE GADSDEN COUNTY
COURTHOUSE at
11:00AM, on the 31st day
of July 2007, the following
described property as set
forth in said Final
Judgment:

COMMENCE AT THE
NORTHEAST CORNER
OF THE SOUTHEAST
ONE QUARTER OF THE
SOUTHEAST ONE
QUARTER OF SECTION
10, TOWNSHIP 3
NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST,
GADSDEN COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AND RUN
THENCE SOUTH 89
DEGREES 19 MINUTES
40 SECONDS WEST,
ALONG THE NORTH
BOUNDARY OF THE
SOUTHEAST ONE
QUARTER OF THE
SOUTHEAST ONE
QUARTER OS SAID
SECTION 10, A
DISTANCE OF 210.00
FEET; THENCE RUN
NORTH 15 DEGREES 32
MINUTES 36 SECONDS
WEST, 196.42 FEET TO A
POINT WHICH IS THE
POINT OF BEGINNING;
FROM SAID POINT OF
BEGINNING CONTINUE
THENCE NORTH 15
DEGREES 12 MINUTES
36 SECONDS WEST,
144.71 FEET TO A POINT
ON THE NORTH
BOUNDARY OF THE
SOUTH HALF OF THE
SOUTH HALF OF THE
NORTHEAST ONE
QUARTER OF THE
SOUTHEAST ONE
QUARTER OD SAID
SECTIONS 10; THENCE
RUN NORTH 89
'DEGREES 21 MINUTES
17 SECONDS EAST,
ALONG THE NORTH
BOUNDARY OF THE
SOUTH HALF OF THE
SOUTH HALF OF THE
NORTHEAST ONE
QUARTER OF THE.
SOUTHEAST ONE
QUARTER OF SAID
SECTION 10, A
DISTANCE OF 318.70
FEET TO THE
NORTHEAST CORNER
OF THE 'SOUTHEAST
ONE QUARTER OF THE
SOUTHEAST ONE
QUARTER OF THE
NORTHEAST ONE
QUARTERS OF THE
SOUTHEAST ONE
QUARTER OD SAID
SECTION 10; THENCE
RUN SOUTH 03
DEGREES 00 MINUTES
WEST, ALONG THE
EAST BOUNDARY OF
SAID SECTION 10, A
DISTANCE OF 140.00
FEET; THENCE RUN
SOUTH 89 DEGREES 19
MINUTES 40SECONDS
WEST, 272.59 FEET TO
THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.
A/K/A 337 River Road,
Havana, FL 32333

Any person claiming an
interest in surplus from the
sale, if any, other than the
property owner as of the
date of the Lis Pendens
must file claim within sixty
(60) days after the sale.
WITNESS MY HAND and
the seal of this Court on
June 20, 2007.

Nicholas Thomas
Clerk Of the Circuit Court

(SEAL)

By: Betty Sue Sadberry
Deputy Clerk
7/5, 7/12-07

IN THW CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE SECOND
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN
AND FOR GADSDEN
COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO 06-001573-CA-
A

THE CIT
GROUP/CONSUMER
FINANCE, INC.
Plaintiff,

Vs.

THE UNKNOWN HEIRS,
GRANTEES, DEVISSE,
LIENORS,
TRUSTEES, AND
CREDITORS OD ADA L.
MURRAY, DECEASED,
AND ALL CLAIMANTS,
PERSONS OR PARTIES,
NATURAL OR
CORPROATE, AND
WHOSE EXACT LEGAL
STATUS IS UNKNOWN,
CLAIMING BY,
THROUGH, UNDER OR
AGAINST ADA L.
MURRAY,
DECEASED, OR ANY OF
THE HEREIN NAMED OR
DESCRIBE
DEFENDANTS OR
PARTIES CLAIMING TO
HAVE.ANY RIGHT, TITLE
OR INTEREST IN AND
TO THE PROPERTY
HEREIN DESCRIBED;
LEROY F.' MURRAY;
ANDREW W. MURRAY;
TIMOTHY L. MURRAY;
JAMES E. MURRAY; and
all unknown parties
claiming by, through,
under or
against the herein named
Defendants, who are not
known to be dead or alive,
whether said unknown
parties claim as heirs,
devisees, grantees,
assignees, lienors,
creditors, trustees,
spouses, or claimants;
TENANT #1 and/or
TENANT # 2,
the parties intended to
account for the person or
persons in possession
Defendants.

/

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: THE' UNKNOWN
HEIRS, GRANTEES,
DEVISEES, LIENORS,
TRUSTEES, AND
CREDITORS OF ADA L.
MURRAY, DECEASED,
AND ALL CLAIMATS,
PERSONS OR
PARTIES, NATURAL OR
CORPORATE, AND
WHOSE EXACT LEGAL
STATUS IS
UNKNOWN, CLAIMING BY,
THROUGH, UNDER OR
AGAINST ADA L.
MURRAY,
DECEASED, OR ANY OF
THE HEOREN NAMED
OR DESCRIBED
DEFENDANTS OR
PARTIES CLAIMING TO
HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE
OR INTEREST IN AND
TO THE
PROPERTY HEREIN
DESCRIBED

Current
Unknown

Residence

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that
an action to foreclose a
mortgage on the following
property in GADSDEN
County, Florida, to-wit:
DESCRIPTION OF LAND
LYING IN THE NE
CORNER OF SE ? OF
SW ? AND
THE NW CORNER OF
THE SW ? OF SE ?
BEING IN SECTION 31,
TOWNSHIP
3N, RANGE 6W,
BEGINNING AT THE NE
CORNER SE ? OF SW
1/4 RUN SOUTH
87 DEGREES WEST, 91
FEET TO CONCRETE
MARKER; THENCE
SOUTH 3
DEGREES WEST, 208
FEET; THENCE SOUTH
87 DEGREES EST, 208
FEET;
THENCE NORTH 3
DEGREES EAST, 208
FEET; THENCE WEST
TO THE POINT, OF
BEGINNING.

TOGETHER WITH
THAT CERTAIN 2000
SWEET DOUBLE WIDE
MOBILE HOME
HAVING VIN
#SHGA6623A AN D
TITLE #0088591021 AN
HAVING VIN
#SHGA6623B
AND TITLE
#0088591123.

Has been against you
and you are required to
serve a copy of your
written defenses, if any,
to it on DOUGLAS C.
ZAHM, P.A., Plaintiff's
attorney, whose address
is 18830 U.S. Highway
19 North, Suite 300,
Clearwater, Florida
33764, on or before
August 11, 2007, or
within thirty days after
first publication of this
Notice of Action, and file
the original with the
Clerk of this Court at 10
East Jefferson Street,
Quincy, FL 32351, either
before service on
Plaintiff's attorney or
immediately thereafter,
otherwise, a default will
be entered against you
for the relief demanded
In the complaint petition.
WITNESS my hand and
seal of the Court on this
5 day of July, 2007.

Nicholas Thomas
Clerk of Circuit Court

(SEAL)

By; Taya Turner
Deputy Clerk
7/12,7/19-07

WELLS FARGO BANK,
NA AS TRUSTEE,
Plaintiff

Vs.

ANGELA M. POOL, et
al,
Defendants.

NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN pursuant to a
Final Judgment dated
the 21st day of June,
2007, and entered in
Case No. 07000418 CA,
of the Circuit Court of the
2ND Judicial Circuit in
and for Gadsden
County, Florida, wherein
WELLS FARGO BANK<
NA AS TRUSTEE is the
Plaintiff and ANGELA M.
POOLE; THE
UNKNOWN SPOUSE
OF ANGELA M. POOLE;
JOHN JOE; JANE DOE
AS UNKNOWN
TENTANT (S) IN
POSSESSION OF THE
SUBJECT PROPERTY
are defendants. I will sell
to the highest and best
bidder for' cash at the
GADSDEN COUNTY
COURTHOUSE,
SOUTH SIDE OF
COURTHOUSE STEPS,
10 EAST JEFFERSON,
QUINCY, FLORIDA, at
the Gadsden County
Courthouse, in Quincy
Florida, at 11:00 a.m. on
the 31st day of July,
2007, the following
described property as
set forth in said Final
Judgment, to wit:
SEE ATTACHED
EXHIBIT "A"
ANY PERSON
CLAIMING AN
INTEREST IN THE
SURPLUS FROM THE
SALE, IF ANY, OTHER
THAN THE PROPERTY
OWNER AS OF THE
DATE OF THE LIS
PENDENS MUST FILE
A CLAIM WITHIN 60
DAYS AFTER THE
SALE.
Notice to person with
Disabilities which
required any
accommodations in
order to participate in
this proceeding you are
entitled at no cost to you
to the provisions of
certain assistance,
please contact
NICHOLAS THOMAS
Clerk at (850) 875-8601
or write to him at P.O.
BOX 1649 Quincy, FL
32353 within 2 working
days of your receipt at
this notice. If you are
hearing or Voice
impaired call 1-800-955-
8771 .
Dated this 21st day of
June, 2007.

Summerwind
in Liberty Co.
Nature abounds on
these lovely lots
near Apalachicola
National Forest.
Has paved roads
with county water
and Talquin electric.
Great owner
t $25nan 90c0.ailable
$25,900.

***Brand New Carmen Maria***
Build your custom home on one of these beauti-
ful wooded lots. Located offMcCall Bridge Rd.,
near Lake Talquin. Features two appealing
entrance signs, paved roads, streetlights, and
underground water and electric.
Estimated completion is July 2007. $34,900.

Talquin Plantation & Talquin Oaks
Enjoy the best of country living in these two great
subdivisions near Lake Talquin with Ta lu ui
water and electric. Mobile homes welcome! Great
Owner Financing Available. I$2'.900.

ARTHUR ROUSE;
JOHN DOE; JANE DOE;
AS KNOWN .AS
TENANTS) IN
POSSESSION OF THE
SUBJECT PROPERTY
are defendants. I will sell
to the highest and the
best bidder for cash at
the GADSDEN
COUNTY
COURTHOUSE,
SOUTHSIDE OF THE
COURTHOUSE STEPS,
10 EAST JEFFERSON,
\ QUINCY, FLORIDA, at
the Gadsden County
Courthouse, in Quincy,
Florida, at 11:00 a.m. on
the 1st day Aug., 2007,
the following described
property as set forth in
said Final Judgement, to
wit:
LOT 6, OF WILLIAMS
PARK SUBDIVISION,
AS PER THE MAP OR
PLAT THEREOF, AS
RECORDED' IN PLAT
BOOK 2, PAGE 37, OF
THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OF
GADSDEN COUNTY,
FLORIDA.
TOGETHER WITH A
1995.' PINE DOUBLE-
WID'E MOBILE HOME,
VIN #47620416HA &
47620416HB, TITLE
#67882006 & 67882007,
RP TAG#12179886 &
12179884

ANY PERSON
CLAIMING AN
INTEREST IN THE
SURPLUS FROM THE
SALE, IF ANY, OTHER
THAN THE PROPERTY
OWNER AS OF THE
DATE OF THE LIS
PENDENS MUST FILE
A CLAIM WITHIN 60
DAYS AFTER THE
SALE.
Notice to. person with
Disabilities. If you have
disabilities which require
any accommodations in
order to participatein this
proceeding you entitled
at no cost to you to the
provisions of certain
assistance, please
contact NICHOLAS
THOMAS, Clerk of Court
at (850) 875-8601 or
write to him at P.O. Box
1649 Quincy, FL 32353
within 2 working days of
your receipt at the
notice. If you are hearing
or voice impaired call 1-
800-955-8771.
Dated this 21st day of
June, 2007.

NICHOLAS THOMAS
Clerk of Circuit Court

(SEAL)

By: Betty Sue Sadberry
Deputy Clerk
7/5,7/12-07

IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT IN THE
IN THE SECOND
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN
AND
FOR GADSDEN
COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO. 06-1036-
CAA

NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is herby given
that, pursuant too a Final
Judgment of Foreclosure
entered in the above-
styled cause, in the
Circuit Court of Gadsden
County, Florida, I will sell
the property situate in
Gadsden County,
Florida, described as:
Lot 8, Block "D"
MIDWAY FOREST,

Exhibit "A"
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
for Pleasant Glen Minor
Subdivision Lot Three
A parcel of land lying in
the South one half of the
Northeast one quarter of
Section 16, Township 2
North, Range 3 West,
Gadsden County,
Florida, more particularly
described by metes and
bounds as follows:
Commence at a St. Joe
Paper Company
concrete monument (6
inch by 6 inch) marking
the Northeast corner of
said South one half of
the Northeast one
quarter and run; Thence
South 89 degrees 36
minutes 53 seconds
West 1321.82 feet to a
concrete monument
(RLS3031); Thence
continue South 89
degrees 36 minutes 53
seconds West 791.87
feet to a concrete
monument (RLS303 1)
on the Easterly right of
way boundary of'Salem
Road (80 foot right of
way); Thence South 01,
degree 33 minutes 25
seconds East along said
Easterly right-of -way
boundary a distance of
525.10 feet to a concrete
monument (PSM303 I)
for the POINT OF
Beginning. From said
Point OF BEGINNING
thence continue South
01 degree 33 minutes 28
seconds East long said
Easterly right-of-way
boundary a distance of
31.96 feet to a concrete
monument (RLS303 1)
to a point of curve to the
right; Thence Southerly
along said Easterly right-
of-way boundary and
said curve radius of
789.21 feet through a
central angle of 06
degrees 45 minutes 17
seconds for an arc
distance of 93.04 feet
(the chord of said feet)
to a concrete monument
(PSM303 1); Thence
South 85 degrees 31
minutes 59 seconds
East 517, 20 feet to a re-
bar (PSM3031); Thence
North 45 degrees 52
minutes 40 seconds
East 204.15 feet to a re-
bar (PSM3031); Thence
North 85 degrees 39
minutes 06 seconds
West 659.18 feet to the
POINT OF BEGINNING.
7/5,7/12-07

IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT ,OF THE
SECOND JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR
GADSDEN COUNTY,
FLORIDA CIVIL
DIVISION
CASE NO.:
07000080CAA

WELLS FARGO BANK,
N.A. AS TRUSTEE,
Plaintiff,

JAMES ROUSE A/K/A
JAMES ARTHUR
ROUSE,
et al,
Defendants.

NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN pursuant to a
Final Judgement of
Foreclosure dated the
21st day of June, 2007,
and entered in the Case
No. 07000080CAA, of
the Circuit Court of the
Second Judicial Circuit
in and for Gadsden
County, Florida wherein
WELLS FARGO BANK,
N.A. AS TRUSTEE is
the Plaintiff and JAMES
ROUSE A/K/A JAMES
ARTHUR ROUSE;
CAROLE A.
THOMPSON; HATTIE
JACKSON; UNKNOWN
SPOUSE OF HATTIE
JACKSON; UNKNOWN
SPOUSE OF JAMES
ROUSE A/K/A JAMES

PHASE 1 AND II, as per
map or plat thereof as
recorded in Plat Book 2,
Page 61, of the public
records of Gadsden
County, Florida.
at public sale, to the
highest bidder, for cash,
at the south front door of
the Gadsden County
Courthouse, Quincy,
Florida at 11:00 a.m., on
July 26, 2007. Any
person claiming an
interest in the surplus
from the sale, other than
the property owner, must
file a claim within 60
days after the sale.

NICHOLAS THOMAS
Clerk of Circuit Court

(SEAL)

By: Betty Sue Sadberry
Deputy Clerk
7/5, 7/12-07

IN THE SECOND
CIRCUIT COURT IN
THE
SECOND JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT IN AND
FOR GADSDEN
COUNTY;,FLORIDA-
CASE.NO.07-369-CAA

NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given
that, pursuant to a Final
Judgment of Foreclosure
entered in the above-
styled cause, in the
Circuit Court of Gadsden
County, Florida, I will sell
the property situate in
Gadsden County,
Florida, described as:
Lot 2, MULLEN RIDGE
SUBDIVISION
(unrecorded) in Section
34, Township 3 North.
Range 3 West, Gadsden
County, Florida, being
more particularly
described as follows:
A parcel of land lying in
the Northwest one
quarter of the southwest
one-quarter of Section
34 Township -3-North,
Range-3-West, Gadsden
County, Florida, being
more particularly
described by metes and
bounds as follows;
Commence at found iron
bar (1 inch) known as
marking the Northwest
Corner of lands as
described in official
Records Book 24, Page
24, Page 721 of the
Public Records of said
county, and run; Thence
South (Bearing Base)
125.66 feet to a concrete
monument (PSM #3031)
on the Southerly Right of
Way boundary of a
County Roadway, known
as Mary Brown Road
(60.00 foot Right of
Way); Thence South 89
degrees 25 minutes 42
seconds East along said
Southerly Right-of-Way
boundary a distance of
107.88 feet to POINT
OF BEGINNING. From
said POINT OF
BEGINNING thence
continue South 89
degrees 25 minutes 42
seconds East 107.85
feet; Thence South 02
degrees 12 minutes 53
seconds West 634.57
feet to a point on the
Northern boundary of
lands as described in
official Records Book
344, Page 1116 of said
Public Records. Thence
North 89 degrees 28
minutes 52 seconds
West along said
Northern boundary a
distance of 53.16 feet to
the Southeast Corner of

IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF THE
SECOND JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT, IN AND FJR
GADSDEN COUNTY,
FLORIDA

Case No.: 96-467-CAX
Division: Family

Steffany Johnson
Williams
Petitioner

and

Derrick Martin
Respondent.

NOTICE OF ACTION.
FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
PETITION TO MODJFY
CUSTODY OR
VISITATION

TO: Derrick Martin
address unknown

YOU ARE NOTIFIED
that an action has b6en
filed against you and that
you are required to serve
a copy of your written
defenses, if any, to it on
Steffany Williams whlpse
address is 912 Joe
Adams Road Quiijcy,
Florida 32351 on or
before 7-30-07, and.;file
the original with the clerk
of this Court at 10 East
Jefferson Street, Quincy,
Florida 32351, before
service on Petitioner or
immediately thereafter. If
you fail to do so,: a
default may be entered
upon request.
You must keep the Clerk
of Court's office notified
of your current address.
(You may file Notice of
Current Address, Florida
Supreme Cpurt
Approved. Family Law
Form 12.915.) Future
papers in this lawsuit'will
be mailed to the address
on record at the clerk's
office.
WARNING: Rule 12.285,
Florida Family Law
Rules of Procedure,
requires certain
automatic disclosure, of
documents annd
information. Failure to
comply can result in
sanctions, including
dismissal or striking of
pleadings. 3
Dated: June 22, 2007'

Clerk of Circuit Court'

(Seal)

By Taya Turner
Deputy Clerk
6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/.19-q7p

Residential lot
Road in
$35,000.00.

lands as de
Official Reco
301, page 12
Public Record
North. 08 de
minutes 09
West along th
boundaries of
as described
Records Book
1263 and
Records Book
147 of sa
records a d
370.00 feet
Northeast Cor
lands as de
SOfficial record
Page 147; ThE
11 degrees 2
41 seconds I
feet;, Thence
degrees 36 r
seconds Eas
feet to the I
BEGINNING.
described par
being subject
existing ditch.
at public sal
highest bidder
at the south fr
the Gadsder
Courthouse,
Florida at 11:0
July 26, 2(
person clair
interest in th
from the sale,
the property o
file a claim
days after the

NOTICE
FORECLOSUF
NOTICE IS
GIVEN pursue
Final Judgr
Mortgage F
dated June 18
entered in
2007-473-CA-
Circuit Court
SECOND Judi
in and for
County, Florid
WELLS FAR(
NA SUCCE
MERGER T(
FARGO
MORTGAGE,
the Plaint

U

Brand Ne%% Spacious 3 BR. 2 BA. 1,400+sf home!

319 S. 12L Street. Quincly

115,000

Elaine Anderson. Keller Williams Realty 556-6983
-Real-Estate

ro OR a- WIS s ml- 9
I Im 11 Kwolkvj 1 valop q

on Tobacco PATRICIA M. VICKERS;
Havana RONALD K. VICKERS;
are the Defendants, I will
sell to the highest and
best bidder for cash at
SOUTHSIDE STEPS OF
THE GADSDEN
COUNTY
scribed in COURTHOUSE at
irds Book 11:QOAM, on the 31ST
63 of said day of JULY, 2007, the
ds; thence following g ,,- described
degrees 54 property r V set forth in
seconds said Final judgment:
he Eastern LOT 6 OF MAGNOLIA
said lands VILLAGE PHASE ONE
in official (RE-PLAT)
301, page A PARCEL OF LAND
Official LYING IN SECTION 27,
k 96, page TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH,
id Public RANGE 4 WEST,
stance of GADSDEN COUNTY,
to the FLORIDA AND BEING
ner of said MORE PARTICULARLY
scribed in DESCRIBED AS
s Book 96, FOLLOWS:
ence North COMMENCE AT THE
20 minutes NORTHEAST CORNER
East 97.70 OF THE WEST ONE
North 02 HALF OF SAID
minutes 07 SECTION 27 AND RUN;
st 173.54 THENCE SOUTH 00
POINT OF DEGREES 14 MINUTES
The aboye 13 SECONDS WEST
cel of land 1650.00 FEET;
ted to an THENCE NORTH 89
DEGREES 44 MINUTES
le, to the 47 SECONDS WEST
r, for cash, 5294.86 FEET TO A
ont door of CONCRETE
n County MONUMENT (RLS3031)
Quincy, ON TBE
00 a.m., on NORTHEASTERLY
007. Any RIGHT OF WAY
ming an BOUNDARY OF
he surplus COUNTY ROAD NO. S-
other than 379-A (GLORY ROAD -
wner, must 70.00 FOOT RIGHT OF
within 60 WAY); THENCE
sale. SOUTHERLY AND
EASTERLY ALONG
HOMA SAID RIGHT OF WAY
t Court BOUNDARY AS
FOLLOWS: THENCE
SOUTH 22 DEGREES
29 MINUTES 30
Sadberry SECONDS EAST 784.38
FEET FOR A POINT OF
CURVE TO THE LEFT:
THENCE ALONG SAID
CIRCUIT CURVE WITH A
)F THE RADIUS OF 538.69
JUDICIAL FEET THROUGH A
CENTRAL ANGLE OF
GADSDEN 62 DEGREES 09
)RIDA MINUTES 30 SECONDS
FOR A DISTANCE OF
SANK 584.41 FEET (THE
GO BANK, CHORD OF SAID ARC
SSOR BY BEING SOUTH 53
WELLS DEGREES 34 MINUTES
HOME 15 SECONDS EAST
INC., 556.17 FEET); THENCE
SOUTH 84 DEGREES
2007-473- 39 MINUTES 00
SECONDS EAST
1588.19 FEET; THENCE
LEAVING SAID
NORTHEASTERLY.
RIGHT OF WAY
VICKERS, BOUNDARY RUN
SOUTH 05 DEGREES
21 MINUTES 00
SECONDS WEST 70.00
OF FEET TO THE
RE SALE SOUTHWESTERLY
HEREBY RIGHT OF WAY
uant to a BOUNDARY OF SAID
ment of ROAD, ALSO BEING A
foreclosuree POINT OF CURVE TO
3, 2007 and THE RIGHT; THENCE
Case No. SOUTHEASTERLY
A of the ALONG SAID
I of the SOUTHWESTERLY
icial Circuit RIGHT OF WAY
GADSDEN BOUNDARY AND SAID
da wherein CURVE WITH A
GO BANK, RADIUS OF 2178.54
SSOR BY FEET THROUGH A
O WELLS CENTRAL ANGLE OF
HOME 11 DEGREES 21
INC., is MINUTES 18 SECONDS
iff and FOR AN ARC OF 431.75

FEET (THE CHORD OF
SAID ARC BEING
SOUTH 78 DEGREES
58 MINUTES 21
SECONDS EAST
431.04 FEET) TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING.

FROM SAID POINT OF
BEGINNING THENCE
CONTINUE ALONG
SAID
SOUTHWESTERLY
RIGHT OF WAY
BOUNDARY AND SAID
CURVE WITH A
RADIUS OF 2178.54
FEET THROUGH A
CENTRAL ANGLE OF
02 DEGREES 05
MINUTES 44 SECONDS
FOR .AN ARC
DISTANCE OF 79.68
FEET (THE CHORD OF
SAID ARC BEING
SOUTH 72 DEGREES
09 MINUTES 49
SECONDS EAST 79.67
FEET); THENCE
SOUTH 14 DEGREES
44 MINUTES 52
SECONDS WEST
91.76FEET; THENCE
SOUTH 11 DEGREES 5
1 MINUTES 21
SECONDS EAST
131.59 FEET TO A
POINT ON THE
NORTHERLY RIGHT
OF WAY BOUNDARY
*MVIAGNOLIA GLEN
ROAD, ALSO SAID
POINT LYING ON A
CURVE CONCAVE TO
THE SOUTHEAST;
THENCE
SOUTHWESTERLY
ALONG SAID
NORTHERLY RIGHT
OF WAY BOUNDARY
AND SAID CURVE
WITH A RADIUS OF
565.00 FEET
THROUGH A CENTRAL
ANGLE OF 10
DEGREES 27
MINUTES 59 SECONDS
FOR AN ARC
DISTANCE OF 103.21
FEET (THE CHORD OF
SAID ARC BEING
SOUTH 72 DEGREES
54 MINUTES 22
SECONDS WEST
103.07 FEET);THENCE
NORTH 11 DEGREES
17 MINUTES 46
SECONDS WEST
127.84 FEET: THENCE
NORTH 16 DEGREES
41 MINUTES 33
SECONDS E EAST
153.31 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING.
THE SOUTHERLY 10
FEET OF THE ABOVE
DESCRIBED PARCEL
OF LAND BEING
SUBJECT TO A 10.00
FOOT UTILITY
EASEMENT.
A/K/A 185 MAGNOLIA
GLEN ROAD, QUINCY,
FL 32351
Any person claiming an
interest in the surplus
from the sale, if any,
other than the property
owner as of the date of
the Lis Pendehs must
file a claim within sixty
(60) days after the sale.
WITNESS MY HAND
and the seal of this Court
on JUNE 20, 2007.

Nicholas Thomas
Clerk of the Circuit Court

(SEAL)

By:Betty Sue Sadberry
Deputy Clerk
7/5,7/12-07

Receiving blood when I gavt
birth to my first child ,
changed my life. My daughter
was born with a birth defect
and had multiple surgeries '
during her lifetime. The blood
she received gave us more days
to cherish being with her urftil
she received her wings in
2002 at the age of 22.
-Beth from Quincy

B 8 The Gadsden County Times July 12, 2007

Celebrating the Fourth of July in Greensboro

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Greensboro firefighters joined the festivities on the 4th of
July at Greensboro's Town Park. Frances Underwood (right)
assists customers purchasing her homemade jelly, baked goods
and raffle tickets to raise funds for the volunteers. Her efforts
in spearheading the campaign resulted in more than $2000
being donated to the FD. Above, Firefighter Brett Miller cele-
brates his success in the town's annual Firecracker 5000 road
race. (Photos by Marianne Scholer)

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Theatre A La Carte presents the musical The Scarlet Pimpernel

WHEN: Performances
are August 3-5 and 10-12
(details below)
WHERE: Tallahassee
Little Theatre, 1861
Thomasville Road at Betton
Road
SWHO: Theatre A La Carte is
North Florida's Premiere
Musical Theatre Company, pro-
ducing contemporary musical
theatre in North Florida since
1990.
In 1905, the Baroness Orczy,
a young Hungarian-born writer,
created an audacious and reck-
less hero known only by his
calling card, the red, star-shaped
wildflower known as the Scarlet

Pimpernel. The story mixed his-
torical fact with dramatic adven-
ture: as the Reign of Terror
reaches its bloody climax in
1794, a brave band of
Englishmen risk their lives to
cross the channel and rescue the
intended victims of the guillo-
tine, using disguises, ruses and
wit to foil the French army.
While on English soil, the mem-
bers of the League of the Scarlet
Pimpernel pose as the fanciest
of fops to avoid suspicion. The
group's leader is none other than
Sir Percival Blakeney, who has
married a French actress,
Marguerite. Her shadowy past
includes an, affair with the
ITT

Pimpernel's arch-nemesis,
Chauvelin, agent of the French
Republic. To raise the stakes
even higher, Chauvelin black-
mails Marguerite into helping
him discover the identity of the
Pimpernel. The Broadway

musical version of The Scarlet
Pimpernel, nominated for the
Best Musical Tony Award in
1998, adds the soaring melodies
of Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll &
Hyde) to the classic swashbuck-
ling adventure.

PERFORMANCES of The
Scarlet Pimpernel will be held at
8:00 p.m. on August 3, 4, 10 and
11, with matinees at 2:00 p.m.
on August 5 and 12, at
Tallahassee Little Theatre, locat-
ed at the corer of Thomasville

and Betton Roads. All seating is
reserved.
Tickets are $16.00, $14.00
for students and seniors. To pur-
chase tickets, call (850) 224-
8474 beginning July 27, or visit
www.theatrealacarte.org.

Newspapers

Deliver

Second Elizabeth

Missionary Baptist

celebrates pastor's

first anniversary

It's a fact:

Voters look to newspapers for

information they need to make up

their minds about candidates and

issues.

S"How then shall they call on
him in whom they have not
believed? And how .shall they
believe in him of whom they
have not heard? And how shall
they hear without a preacher?
And how shall they preach,
except they be sent? As it is
written, How beautiful are the
feet of them that preach the
gospel of peace, and bring glad
tidings of good things."
Romans 10:14-15
SIt has been a wonderful year
f6r the Second Elizabeth
Missionary Baptist Church fam-
ily and the Rev. Dr. General
Bryant, Jr. Being led by the
Holy Spirit, the Rev. Bryant
accepted the call to serve as
shepherd of the flock at Second
Elizabeth Thursday, June 14,
211i.i6.
SThe Rev. Bryant's vision for
Second Elizabeth is that "In
order to more fully honor God
by a growing faith in Christ, we
envision a future for the church
with greater spiritual sensitivity
and awareness of God's holiness
and power in our lives. We will
work for growth in unity in
Christ, greater involvement in
evangelism and more shared
ministry with every believer
using the gifts God has provid-
ed. We look to church leaders
to serve by disciplining to oth-
ers so that believers will be
equipped and encouraged as full
partners in ministry until the
Lord returns."
During the past year, the
Rev. Bryant has created or
revived several ministries, such
as:
*The Outreach Ministry,

serving person in the communi-
ty and surrounding area;
*The Senior Citizens
Ministry, paying homage to the
elderly;
*Vacation Bible School,
reaching out to the young and
the young at heart;
*Hallelujah Night, a
Christian alternative to
Halloween.
At Second Elizabeth under
the leadership of the Rev. Dr.
General Bryant, Jr., there has
been an increased number in its
Sunday School, Bible Study and
in its congregation.
The Rev. Dr. General Bryant,
Jr., is married to Evangelist
Sharita Bryant, and they are
blessed with six wonderful spir-
it-filled children.
Please join the Second
Elizabeth family as we celebrate
this milestone with a weekend
of Holy Ghost filled services.
-Friday, July 20th at 7 p.m.
Birthday and Anniversary
Celebration with the Rev.
Matthew Bryant and congrega-
tion from St. John A.M.E.
Church, Quincy;
-Saturday, July 21st at 7 p.m.
with the Rev. Lloyd Graham
and congregation from Antioch
M.B. Church, Quincy;
-Sunday, July 22nd at 3 p.m.
with the Rev. Cecil Gardner and
congregation from St. John
M.B. Church, Capitola.
Second Elizabeth Missionary
Baptist Church is located at
2718 Attapulgus Highway,
Quincy. For more information,
please contact Sister Brenda
Kendrick Washington or
Deacon Charlie Shaw.

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Most importantly, voters
believe what they read inl
political newspaper ads.
Asked to rank each
medium using a
I -point believ-
ability scale, news-
papers ranked as
the medium mos
believed

Reaching voters not non-voters is becoming
more and more challenging. Newspapers offer
your campaign the opportunity to deliver your
message directly to the people most likely to
vote on Election Day!

Phillip McCloud of
Blountstown, Phillip Michon of
Bonifay, Zackary Miles of
Cottondale, Christopher Pavuk
of Sneads, Gamaliel Perez of
Marianna, Derrick Powe of
Marianna, (back) Jonathon
Poythress of Chattahoochee,
Sharonda Ramsey of
Cottondale, Tulae Scipper of
Sneads, Jesse Smith of Chipley,
Jonathan Stephens of Alford,
James Warner of Altha, Carl
Weeks of Sneads, Apryl
Williams of Quincy, Latricia
Williams of Greenwood, Billy
Wood of Quincy, and Arnold
Yon of AlthaApplication dead-
line is Aug. 2 for new students
planning to enroll in Fall classes
at Chipola. New student testing
and returning student registra-
tion is Aug. 15. New and return-
ing student registration is Aug.

16 and 17. Classes begin Aug.
20. Chipola's open-door policy
guarantees acceptance to any
student with a standard high
school diploma. Prospective
students should complete a col-
lege application which is avail-
able in the Office of Admissions
and Records, or online at
www.chipola.edu. Students also
must provide a high school or
college transcript. Chipola
offers day and evening courses,
as well as independent study
and online courses. The col-
lege's Associate in Arts Degree
provides the first two years of
general education courses for
students planning to earn a
bachelor's degree. Associate in
Science Degree programs pro-
vide two years of professional
training in various career fields.
Chipola also awards Bachelor

of Science Degrees in
Secondary and Middle School
Education with majors in Math
and Science. A new Bachelor's
of Applied Science degree in
Business Management is set to
begin in January of 2008. The
college also offers a number of
Workforce Development pro-
grams which provide training
for numerous careers. Two new
progiams-Survey and
Mapping and a -Masonry
Apprentice program- are set to
begin in August. Chipola's
University Center provides
opportunities for students to
pursue a number of bachelor's
and advanced degrees on the
Chipola campus through part-
nerships with UWF, FSU and
Troy. For information, call
Admissions and Records at 718-
2211 or visit www.chipola.edu

If you would like to share news
about your school's activities you
may submit news and photos to
gctimes@comcast.net School items
are free of charge, but must be sub-
mitted by 9 a.m. Monday for that
week's issue. Information may also
be brought to us at 15 S. Madison
St., Quincy or faxed to 627-7191.

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Alday takes TCS

valedictorian honors

SJessica Alday, daughter of
Tim and Natalie Alday, is the
2006-2007 Valedictorian at
Tallavana Christian School. She
has received the LION scholar-
ship for most Christ-like charac-
ter. She has also received the
Woodman of the World award
for having the highest average in
American history. She will also
be receiving the Bright Futures
Florida Medallion Scholarship.
She was'recently awarded the
Robert Byrds Scholarship.
"This program, which is federal-

ly funded and state-adminis-
tered, is designed to recognize
exceptionally able high school
seniors who show promise of
continued excellence in postsec-
ondary education." She was in
BETA, a national honor society
club, for four years. She was
also a member of Junior Civitan,
a service club. Next school term
she will begin her second year
working in the after school pro-
gram at Tallavana Christian
School. Her plans are to attend
Tallahassee Community College

for two years and transfer to
Florida State University, where
she plans to major in English.
She hopes to, pursue her teach-
ing career in English.

Bates named 'Fighting Bobcat' at RFM

Robert F. Munroe Day
School's most prestigious award
given to a senior is the "Fighting
Bobcat" award. It is presented
to the senior who has displayed
exceptional Bobcat spirit
throughout his or her school
years.
This senior embodies the

scholastic, athletic, moral, and
leadership qualities that symbol-
ize the spirit of the school. Julia
Bates; daughter of Mark and
Patsy Bates of Quincy, was
named the 2007 "Fighting
Bobcat."
Julia was involved in every
aspect of the school and held

several offices and other posi-
tions of leadership. Most
notably, she was the class of
2007 treasurer and the business
manager for the school year-
book.
Julia will attend The
University of the South:
Suwanee, in the fall.

Local reporter volunteers at EGHS

The East Gadsden "Men of
Distinction" is continually
making progress. Trenton
Davis has recently joined our
team of mentors. Mr. Davis, a
Sarasota native, is currently a '
reporter for WCTV-6 and FOX
49. Despite the challenging .'
balance of his work schedule, '
family time, and graduate
school, he sincerely says, "I am
glad to help.... just let me
know." Mr. Davis has proven to ;':
be a man of his word. The
young men are really
impressed by his candid speech
and unassuming spirit.
We are looking for more
positive role models for our
young men. If you would like
to share your time and/or M ,,
resources, please feel free to *-B
contact us at the school. M

TCC kicks off Kurt Westfall exhibit

Tallahassee Community
College will honor the late Kurt
Westfall when the College's
Fine Art Gallery debuts its
newest exhibit on Tuesday, July
10. "Kurt Westfall: Celebrating
a Life in Photography. A
Retrospective Honoring an
Artist and Educator" will high-
light the work of the multi-tal-
ented photographer, teacher,
athlete and coach who died at
the age of 59 on March 30,
2007.
The exhibit will be on dis-

play through August 16 at the
Fine Art Gallery, located adja-
cent to Turner Auditorium in the
College's Fine & Performing
Arts Center.
The Gallery is open Monday
through Friday from noon to 4
p.m.
Born on Aug. 27, 1947, in
Detroit, Mich., Westfall and his
family moved to Maderia Beach
in 1959.
He received varsity letters in
football, basketball and track,
graduating from Seminole High

School in 1966. He graduated
with a bachelor's from the
University of South Florida and
earned his master's from Florida
State University.
Westfall taught photography
at TCC and also served as a pole
vault':instructor for local high
school athletes.
The exhibit will officially
open with a public reception
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday,
July 10 at the Fine Art Gallery.
For additional information,
call 850-201-8713.

The Cyclones (18U) are
comprised of young athletes
from Robert F. Monroe Day
School, Liberty County High
School, Blountstown High
School and Altha High School

and are coached by Jody Wells,
Mark Allen and Missy McGill.
The team has been playing well
in area tournaments over the,
past several weeks.
They have qualified to go to

the World Series as the host
team. The World Series will be
held this year in Marianna
,beginning July 27h.
Best of luck, ladies, at the
World Series!

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, Recently, the "Men of distinction" of East Gadsden High School visited the Little Central High
School of Little, Arkansas. Built in 1927, this school was named, "The Most Beautiful High School
in America" by the American Institute of Architects. In the fall of 1957, nine African American
teenagers, known as the "Little Rock Nine," enrolled at the school, as part of the nation's first
important test of the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision. The "Men of Distinction" were
present on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary celebration of this momentous event, which will con-
clude with a PBS television special in September.

FSU PhoneCenter reaches $1.1 million

The Florida State University
Foundation PhoneCenter has
reached the $1.1 million mark --
an accomplishment that indi-
cates the best fiscal year since
1998.
Gifts obtained through the
Foundation PhoneCenter are
generally used to support the
greatest needs in each of Florida
State's colleges, units and pro-
-grams.
"These funds help to support
scholarships, professorships,
and building and technology

upgrades in every college at
Florida State," said Foundation
President Charles Rasberry.
"Surpassing the $1 million mark
is a testament not only to the
hard work of the Foundation
staff, but also to the generosity
and dedication of Florida State's
alumni and friends."
With a staff of about 70 stu-
dents, the PhoneCenter works
year-round to keep the thou-
sands of members of the Florida
State family up-to-date on uni-
versity news and events and

offer them the opportunity to
support the university's academ-
ic future.
The Florida State University
Foundation, Inc. enhances the
academic vision and priorities of
FSU through its organized
fundraising activities and funds
management. The Foundation, a
non-profit corporation estab-
lished in 1960 is governed by an
elected Board of Trustees,
whose members serve as advo-
cates for the University, its col-
leges, schools and programs.